Title
Job demands, job resources, and job performance in Japanese workers: A cross-sectional study
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Author(s)
Nakagawa Y.
Inoue A.
Kawakami N.
Tsuno K.
Tomioka K.
Nakanishi M.
Mafune K.
Hiro H.
Publisher(s)
National Institute of Industrial Health
Abstract
This study investigated the cross-sectional association of job demands (i.e., psychological demands) and job resources (i.e., decision latitude, supervisor support, co-worker support, and extrinsic reward) with job performance. A total of 1,198 workers (458 males and 740 females) from a manufacturing company in Japan completed a self-administered questionnaire that included the Job Content Questionnaire, Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire, World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire, and demographic survey. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted. After adjusting for demographic characteristics, decision latitude (β=0.107, p=0.001) and extrinsic reward (β=0.158, p<0.001) were positively and significantly associated with job performance while supervisor support (β=−0.102, p=0.002) was negatively and significantly associated with job performance. On the other hand, psychological demands or coworker support was not significantly associated with job performance. These findings suggest that higher decision latitude and extrinsic reward enhance job performance among Japanese employees.
Start page
471
End page
479
Volume
52
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84919402956
PubMed ID
Source
Industrial Health
ISSN of the container
00198366
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus