NDLI: Different response alternatives in the assessment of job demands

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Wännström, Ingrid Nygren, Åke Åsberg, Marie Gustavsson, J. Petter
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	The assessment of job demands, a pivotal concept in the study of work stress, is often problematic. Part of the problem is that people differ in their perception of whether a given task is overly demanding, or merely a welcome challenge. This study address this problem by examining alternative response formats for job demands that include the respondents’ appreciation of this aspect. Another job stress dimension known to be important for health, leadership, was used for comparison and the association with health measures were examined.A professionally homogenous group of 105-white collar workers participated in the study. A questionnaire assessing two job characteristics, demand and leadership, was used with four alternative response formats. The selected items were taken from the General Nordic Questionnaire for Psychological and Social Factors at Work (the QPSNordic). Five indices from the SF-36 were used to reflect physical and mental health. Part correlations, taken from a multiple regression procedure were used to elucidate the unique contribution of response format in the association with health variables.For the assessment of Demand, response formats that tapped the employee’s experience of the demands performed best. This was in contrast to Leadership scales, where an alternative response format did not contribute any unique information.Insofar as interventions are aimed at improving worker’s health, it seems reasonable to recommend that the workers should also be asked if the job demands are actually experienced as overly demanding.
Starting Page	813
Ending Page	819
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	03400131
Journal	International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
Volume Number	81
Issue Number	7
e-ISSN	14321246
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2007-10-16
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Job demands Assessment Response formats Health outcomes Rehabilitation Environmental Health Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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