@article{ref1,
title="Systematic comparative content analysis of 17 psychosocial work environment questionnaires using a new taxonomy",
journal="International journal of occupational and environmental health",
year="2016",
author="Kop, Jean-Luc and Althaus, Virginie and Formet-Robert, Nadja and Grosjean, Vincent",
volume="22",
number="2",
pages="128-141",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Many questionnaires have been developed to measure how psychosocial characteristics are perceived in a work environment. But the content validity of these questionnaires has rarely been questioned due to the absence of a reference taxonomy for characteristics of work environments. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: To propose an exhaustive taxonomy of work environment characteristics involved in psychosocial risks and to apply this taxonomy to questionnaires on workplace psychosocial factors. <br><br>METHODS: The taxonomy was developed by categorizing factors present in the main theoretical models of the field. Questionnaire items most frequently cited in scientific literature were retained for classification. <br><br>RESULTS: The taxonomy was structured into four hierarchical levels and comprises 53 categories. The 17 questionnaires analyzed included 927 items: 59 from the &quot;physical environment&quot; category, 116 from the &quot;social environment&quot; category, 236 from the &quot;work activity&quot; category, 255 from the &quot;activity management&quot; category, and 174 from the &quot;organizational context&quot; category. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: There are major content differences among analyzed questionnaires. This study offers a means for selecting a scale on the basis of content.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-3525",
doi="10.1080/10773525.2016.1185214",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10773525.2016.1185214"
}