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Work: attitudes and wellbeing

Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire.

ERI

What it measures
Work stress under the effort-reward imbalance model: Extrinsic Effort, Reward (esteem, job security/promotion, salary), and Overcommitment (intrinsic effort). The effort/reward ratio indexes imbalance.
Length and format
23 (long); 16 (short, incl. overcommitment); core ~10-17. Likert (agreement + distress); short version typically 4-pt (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Many incl. EN, ES, FR, SV, EL, KO, TH, ZH, JA, etc.
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Siegrist, J. (1996). Adverse health effects of high-effort/low-reward conditions. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 1(1), 27-41.

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