NIOSH Generic Job Stress Questionnaire.

GJSQ

What it measures

Modular battery of ~13 job stressors (e.g. workload/quantitative demands, role ambiguity/conflict, job control, skill use/underutilization, job future ambiguity, interpersonal conflict) plus strains (depression, somatic complaints, job dissatisfaction) and modifiers (social support, Type A, self-esteem).

Length and format

modular (~100+ if full; modules selectable). mixed Likert scales (varies by module) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Used internationally; e.g. Japanese adaptation (and influence on the Brief Job Stress Questionnaire)

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

public-domain / open

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Reference

Hurrell, J.J., & McLaney, M.A. (1988). Exposure to job stress: A new psychometric instrument. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 14(Suppl 1), 27-28. (NIOSH/CDC).