Job Content Questionnaire

Karasek, Robert

doi:10.1037/t03609-000

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“…Job Characteristics For the measurement of the DCS characteristics, we selected items from existing questionnaires of De Jonge et al (1994), Hackman and Oldham (1975), Karasek (1985), and Warr (1990). The three characteristics are measured using five-point Likert scales, which range from one for strongly disagree to five for strongly agree.…”

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Influencing Work-Related Learning: The Role of Job Characteristics and Self-Directed Learning Orientation in Part-Time Vocational Education

Gijbels

Raemdonck

Vervecken

2010

Vocations and Learning

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Based on the Demand-Control-Support (DCS) model, the present paper aims to investigate the influence of job characteristics such as job demands, job control, social support at work and self-directed learning orientation on the workrelated learning behaviour of workers. The present study was conducted in a centre for part-time vocational education in Flanders (Belgium). The students in the centre work for 3 days a week and attend school during the other two days. A questionnaire using scales adapted from validated instruments was used. Students were asked to complete the questionnaire with the job in mind they were doing at present. A total of 115 students from different sectors completed the questionnaire. It was assumed that high scores for self-directed learning orientation and high scores for the job characteristics job demands, job control and social support would be associated with more workrelated learning behaviour. All scales had acceptable Cronbach alpha values. The results of the linear regression analyses indicated that only the self-directed learning orientation scale predicted the work-related learning behaviour to a significant extent.

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Influencing Work-Related Learning: The Role of Job Characteristics and Self-Directed Learning Orientation in Part-Time Vocational Education

Gijbels

Raemdonck

Vervecken

2010

Vocations and Learning

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“…A validated Dutch version of the Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ) was used to measure psychological demands, decision latitude and social support at work (Karasek, 1985 ;Houtman, 1995). Psychological demands are assessed by the sum of five items (excessive work, conflicting demands, insufficient time to do work, work fast and work hard).…”

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Psychosocial work characteristics as risk factors for the onset of fatigue and psychological distress: prospective results from the Maastricht Cohort Study

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Background. Prolonged fatigue has recently attracted attention in occupational (mental) health research since it may lead to sickness absenteeism and work disability. To date, little is known about the role of psychosocial work characteristics in the aetiology of fatigue. In this study we examined prospectively a wide range of psychosocial work characteristics as possible risk factors for the onset of fatigue and psychological distress in the working population.Methods. This study is based on 8833 employees, participating in the Maastricht Cohort Study of ' Fatigue at Work '. A wide range of psychosocial work characteristics, measured at baseline, was used to predict the onset of fatigue and psychological distress 1 year later. Fatigue was measured with the Checklist Individual Strength ; the General Health Questionnaire was used to measure psychological distress.Results. The cumulative incidence of fatigue during 1 year follow-up was 9n7% (N l 492) in men, and 13n5% (N l 241) in women. Psychological demands at work as well as physical and emotional demands increased the risk for fatigue in men, whereas decision latitude in men and coworker social support in women were protective against fatigue. These prospective associations remained significant after adjustments for potential confounders and baseline fatigue. As regards psychological distress, no association was found with decision latitude, while conflicts at work increased the risk of psychological distress.Conclusions. Psychosocial work characteristics were significant predictors for the onset of fatigue in the working population. The prospective associations suggest some differential effects in the aetiology of fatigue and psychological distress. Good interpersonal relationships at work and high decision authority were demonstrated to be relevant aspects that should be targeted for prevention.

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“…We employed the 1988 version of the International Standardized Classification of Occupations (ISCO88) 11 and an internationally standardized self-report measure of psychosocial job stressors (JCQ). 12 We examined the association controlling for personality traits (neuroticism and extraversion) which have been shown to have an effect on the reporting of job strain.…”

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Occupational Class and Exposure to Job Stressors among Employed Men and Women in Japan

Kawakami

Haratani

Kobayashi

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Journal of Epidemiology

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parts producer. Only full-time employees were invited to participate in the study. At four study sites, all full-time employees were invited. At three other sites, full-time employees who participated in health checkups within a certain period were invited. At one site, full-time employed men who had participated in health checkups were invited. At another site, all supervisors and managers were invited. A questionnaire was distributed by mail with a letter of invitation explaining the objectives and procedure of the study to a total of 29,417 eligible subjects between April 1996 and May 1998. The subjects were asked to complete the questionnaire at the worksite or at home and return it in a thick envelope with their written consent to participate to occupational health division. Information on their IDs was also collected for a future linkage with medical records. A total of 25,104 questionnaires were returned. The average response rate was 85%, ranging from 73% to 100% at most study sites, with an exception (43%) at one site. We excluded 3,026 responses from one study site collected during the health checkups between June 1997 and November 1997 because the questionnaire that was distributed during that period lacked a part of the JCQ scales due to an editorial mistake. In addition, 2,421 respondents were excluded because of at least one missing response for variables relevant to the study. Furthermore, a small number of respondents (n=135) who reported their occupation as farming or in a miscellaneous category were excluded from the following analyses. The data from 19,522 respondents (16,444 men and 3,078 women) were analyzed. Classification of occupationThe ISCO88 classifies and ranks occupations according to the levels of skills required and education needed to perform a particular occupation.11 Legislators and managers were ranked the highest, followed by professionals, technicians, clerks, service and sales workers, craft and related trade workers, and machine operators and assemblers. Laborers were ranked the lowest. Respondents were asked to briefly describe their job titles and their most important roles at work, as well as to select their occupation from a multiple-choice question. Based on the descriptions, a four-digit occupational code was entered from the ISCO88 by trained raters under the supervision of researchers (TH, NK). In this study, the first digit of the ISCO88 occupation code (except for military and agricultural/fishery occupations) was used to determine eight occupation categories: managers, professionals, technicians, clerks, service and sales workers, craft and related trade workers, machine operators and assemblers, and laborers. A thorough review of the respondent's description and coding revealed a problem with this procedure: a number of respondents who rated themselves as having managerial occupations (a section chief or a higher position) in the multiple-choice question regarding occupation did not mention their positions as managers in the description section. Thus, their occu...

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Job Content Questionnaire

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Influencing Work-Related Learning: The Role of Job Characteristics and Self-Directed Learning Orientation in Part-Time Vocational Education

Influencing Work-Related Learning: The Role of Job Characteristics and Self-Directed Learning Orientation in Part-Time Vocational Education

Psychosocial work characteristics as risk factors for the onset of fatigue and psychological distress: prospective results from the Maastricht Cohort Study

Occupational Class and Exposure to Job Stressors among Employed Men and Women in Japan

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