Psychometric properties and differential explanation of a short measure of effort-reward imbalance at work: A study of industrial workers in Germany

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 808-815

  Li, Jian ^a,b   Loerbroks, Adrian ^a   Jarczok, Marc N ^a   Schöllgen, Ina ^a   Bosch, Jos A ^a,c   Mauss, Daniel ^a,d   Siegrist, Johannes ^b   Fischer, Joachim E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Birmingham ^*  (Germany)

^e HealthVision Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Effort Reward Imbalance; Health functioning; Overcommitment; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REWARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864982081     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22018     Document Type: Article

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