We examined the prospective association of psychosocial job characteristics with employee job performance among 777 full-time employees at a manufacturing company in Japan, using data from a one-year follow-up survey. Psychosocial job characteristics were measured by the Job Content Questionnaire in 2008; job performance was evaluated using the item from the World Mental Health Survey Instrumen...

Every time a local economy generates a new job by attracting a new business, additional jobs might also be created, mainly through increased demand for local goods and services. This positive effect on employment is partially offset by general equilibrium effects induced by changes in local wages and prices of local services. In this paper, I estimate the long-term employment multiplier at the ...

Numerous work-related drinking mechanisms have been posited and, oftentimes, examined in isolation. We combined data from over 100 occupational attributes into several factors and tested the association of these factors with measures of alcohol use. We used the NLSY79 2006 wave, a U.S. representative sample of 6426 workers ages 41 to 49 and the 2006 Occupational Information Network database (O*...

The Job Demand-Control model postulates that job control attenuates the effects of job demands on health and well-being. Support for this interactive effect is rather weak. Conceivably, it holds only when there is a match between job control and individual characteristics that relate to exercising control options, such as locus of control, or self-efficacy. This three-way interaction was tested...

To observe the association between adverse psychosocial job characteristics, measured by the Karasek job demand-control questionnaire, and a lipid profile, cross-sectional analyses were performed for a Japanese rural working population. The study population comprised 3,333 male and 3,596 female actively employed workers, aged 65 years and under. Among men, higher psychological demands were asso...

OBJECTIVES Building on Karasek's model of job demands and control (JD-C model), this study examined the effects of job control, quantitative workload, and two occupation specific job demands (physical demands and supervisor demands) on fatigue and job dissatisfaction in Dutch lorry drivers. METHODS From 1181 lorry drivers (adjusted response 63%) self reported information was gathered by quest...

background: the effect of poor psychosocial work conditions on health status has widely been discussed in occupational literature. job content questionnaire (jcq) is a widely accepted instrument for evaluation of psychosocial work conditions. objective: to determine the reliability and validity of persian version of jcq. methods: the questionnaire was translated into persian and back translated...

P 2 c bjective: To examine current and future physical therapy (PT) job surplus/shortage rends across the United States. esign: Forecast models and grading methodology previously published for nursing were sed to evaluate individual state PT job shortages from 2008 to 2030. etting: Not applicable. articipants: Not applicable. ethods: The forecast model used to project PT job supply and demand a...

BACKGROUND High-quality evidence on morale in the mental health workforce is lacking. AIMS To describe staff well-being and satisfaction in a multicentre UK National Health Service (NHS) sample and explore associated factors. METHOD A questionnaire-based survey (n = 2258) was conducted in 100 wards and 36 community teams in England. Measures included a set of frequently used indicators of s...

BACKGROUND Unhealthy lifestyle choices, such as smoking and sedentary behavior, are among the main modifiable risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases. The workplace is regarded as an important site of potential health risks where preventive strategies can be effective. We investigated independent associations among psychosocial job strain, leisure-time physical inactivity, and smokin...