Karasek's (1979) job demands-control model: A summary of current issues and recommendations for future research

Readiness to Screen for Domestic Violence against Women in Healthcare Uganda: Associations with Demographic, Professional and Work Environmental Factors

“…The mechanism through which work environmental factors may cause job strain among care-providers has long been envisaged in the Demand-Control model [16]. In simple terms, it is purported that job strain may result from high work demands coupled by low levels of work control and support, though this finding is not always consistent [17]. In the context of IPV screening, qualitative interviews with healthcare workers [14] [18] [19] have consistently implicated work-environmental characteristics such as high work demands, weak support networks and low levels of decision autonomy as possible hinders to the practice of IPV screening, but the quantification of these factors as determinants of IPV screening remains an important gap in the research.…”

Case manager job strain in public child welfare agencies: Job demands and job control's additive effects, and instrumental feedback's mediating role

“…Explanations for inclusive research results include, but are not limited to, the reliance on cross-sectional research; dimensionality of Karasek's (1979) job control measure; operationalization of his job demands construct; possible confounding of Karasek's job demands measure with his job control and job strain measures; incongruence between the type of demand employees encounter and type of control at their disposal; and omitted control variables, such as socioeconomic status (De Jonge & Kompier, 1997;Kain & Jex, 2010). While instructive, these research design, psychometric, and conceptual modifications fail to address the unique occupational environment the JD-C model was originally intended to confront.…”

The influence of frontline manager job strain on burnout, commitment and turnover intention: A cross-sectional study

“…In Karasek's (1979) Job Demands-Control (JDC) theory, job strain occurs when individuals experience high workload demands but have low control over how their work is completed (Kain and Jex, 2010). Prolonged job strain may contribute to burnout, mental and physical illnesses, ineffective performance, absenteeism, reduced organizational commitment, and turnover (Karasek, 1979;Karasek and Theorell, 1990).…”