NIOSH Generic Job Stress Questionnaire.
GJSQ
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).
- Provisionally grouped under
- 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)
- 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).
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- CBI - Copenhagen Burnout Inventory
19 (6 / 7 / 6). public-domain / open.
- Andrews-Withey Job Satisfaction / Faces single-item measures
1-5 (single-item or very short). public-domain / open.
- AWS - Areas of Worklife Survey
28 (full); 18 (short, 6 areas x 3). copyrighted - commercial.
- BWAS - Bergen Work Addiction Scale
7 items. open with attribution.
- BRJSI - Brayfield-Rothe Index of Job Satisfaction
18; 5-item short form widely used. public-domain / open.
- BJSQ - Brief Job Stress Questionnaire
57 (standard); 23-item short form. public-domain / open.
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