Abstract: Self-report measures are both frequently used and criticized in studies of job-related stress. The question remains whether affective dispositions lead to biased assessments. In this study, we examine the extent to which survey ...
Among the various work stress models, one of the most popular has been the job demands-control (JDC) model developed by Karasek (1979), which postulates that work-related strain is highest under work conditions characterized by high demands and low ...
In most Western postindustrial societies today, the population is aging, businesses are faced with global integration, and important migration flows are taking place. Increasingly work organizations are hiring crossnational and multicultural workteams. In ...
Salutogenetic factors in chronic back pain - Do job satisfaction, social support, and physical activity moderate the relationship between job stress and back pain activity?Abstract.Background: The study applies a ...
Review of the instrument for the Diagnosis of Health-Promoting Work by Antje DuckiAbstract. The instrument for Diagnosis of Health-Promoting Work (DigA) is a questionnaire based on stress theory, action regulation theory, and salutogenetic concepts. It ...
Current Status of Knowledge About Health Risk From Mental Workload: Evidence Based on a Systematic Review of ReviewsA healthy job design presupposes knowledge about the potential risks of workload. Therefore, this study assessed meta-analyses and ...
Abstract. This study examined daily hindrance and challenge stressors at work (rated after work) for effects on employees’ state negative affect at the beginning of the next workday. Building on the transactional stress model, the authors also examine ...
This study introduces the psychometric qualities of the Job Stressor Appraisal Scale (JSAS), a part of the Job Stress Battery, which comprehensively measures job stress in terms of job stressors, moderators, and strains. The JSAS measures employees’ ...
This study examined how job burnout was associated with sick-leave absence and quality of life in a sample of 487 nurses working in the National Health Care System. Burnout was measured with the Maslach Burnout Inventory, while quality of life was ...
Today many parents have multiple roles. This study examined how personality, domain-specific stress, and work-family interference are interrelated. Questionnaire data of 276 Dutch dual-earner couples with young children were analyzed using structural ...
By means of an eight-day daily diary study among 64 nursing home nurses, it was investigated whether within-person stress-buffering effects of job resources on the short-term relation between job demands and job strain were more likely to occur if (1) ...