Job Content Questionnaire.
JCQ
Psychosocial work characteristics under the Demand-Control(-Support) model: Psychological Demands, Decision Latitude (skill discretion + decision authority), Social Support (supervisor/coworker), plus physical demands and job insecurity.
- Provisionally grouped under
- Length and format
- 49 (recommended); 27 core; 22-item national variants; JCQ2 expanded. 4-pt agreement Likert (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- 25+ langs incl. ES, FR, JA, ZH, NL, IT, SV, PT, MS, etc.
- Licence
- copyrighted - author permission
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- Reference
- Karasek, R., Brisson, C., Kawakami, N., Houtman, I., Bongers, P., & Amick, B. (1998). The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 3(4), 322-355. https://www.jcqcenter.com/
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