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Organization of Work
Measurement Tools for Research and Practice

Content Area(s)

• Benefits and compensation systems
• Career trajectory / ladder
• Job demands (or expectations)
• Job (in)security

Instrument Type

Questionnaire

Occupation and Sector Specificity

Occupation(s):		Generic
Sector(s):		Generic

Name and Size of Work Organization and/or Workplace Psychosocial Measures

Measure	Size (# items)
Effort	6
Esteem (reward sub-scale)	5
Job promotion / salary (reward sub-scale)	4
Job security (reward sub-scale)	2

Other Content Areas Included in the Instrument

Type or Name of Measure		Number of Measures
Overcommitment (6-items)		1

Developmental Status of the Instrument

Instrument used widely; well-defined properties

Languages

Original:		German
Other:		Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finish, French, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Reliability and Validity Information (or Relevant Citation)

Siegrist J, Starke D, Chandola T, Godin I, Marmot M, Neidhammer, Peter R (2004) The measurement of effort-reward imbalance at work: European comparisons. Social Science & Medicine, 58:1483-1499.

Selected Reference

Tsutsumi A and Kawakami N (2004) A review of empirical studies on the model of effort-reward imbalance at work: reducing occupational stress by implementing a new theory. Social Science & Medicine, 59:2335-2359.

Where to Obtain a Copy of the Instrument

Send an e-mail to Johannes Siegrist at siegrist@uni-duesseldorf.de.

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