Symptoms and subjective health

A large number of reports analyse associations of ERI with self-reported data on health and well-being (for review see van Vegchel et al. 2004). Some recent publications are:


van den Berg, T., Schuring, M., Avendano, M., Mackenbach, J. and Burdorf, A. (2010). The impact of ill health on exit from paid employment in Europe among older workers. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 67 (12), 845-852, doi: 10.1136/oem.2009.051730  .

Buddeberg-Fischer, B., Klaghofer, R., Stamm, M., Siegrist, J. and Buddeberg, C. (2008). Work stress and reduced health in young physicians: prospective evidence from Swiss residents. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 82 (1), 31-38, doi: 10.1007/s00420-008-0303-7  .

Dragano, N., Verde, P. and Siegrist, J. (2005). Organisational downsizing and work stress: testing synergistic health effects in employed men and women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59, 694-699.

Ertel, M., Pech, E., Ullsperger, P. and Knesebeck, O. (2005). Adverse psychosocial working conditions and subjective health in freelance media workers. Work & Stress, 19, 293-299.

Härter, R., Rotenberg, L., Landsbergis, P. and Vasconcellos-Silva, P. R. (2011). Combined use of job stress models and self-rated health in nursing. Revista de Saúde Pública, 45 (1), 145-152, doi: 10.1590/S0034-89102011000100017  .

Inoue, M., Tsurugano, S. and Yano, E. (2011). Job Stress and Mental Health of Permanent and Fixed-term Workers Measured by Effort-reward Imbalance Model, Depressive Complaints, and Clinic Utilization. Journal of Occupational Health, 53 (2), 93-101.

Janzen, B., Muhajarine, N. and Zhu, T. (2007). Effort-reward imbalance, overcommitment, and psychological distress in Canadian police officers. Psychological Reports, 100, 525-530.

Joksimovic, L., Siegrist, J., Meyer-Hammer, M., Peter, R., Franke, B. et al. (1999). Overcommitment predicts restenosis after coronary angioplasty in cardiac patients. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 22, 441-449.

Krause, N., Burgel, B. and Rempel, D. (2010). Effort-reward imbalance and one-year change in neck-shoulder and upper extremity pain among call center computer operators. Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health, 36, 42-53.

Krause, N., Rugulies, R. and Maslach, C. (2010b). Effort-reward imbalance at work and self-rated health of Las Vegas hotel room cleaners. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 53 (4), 372-386, doi: 10.1002/ajim.20732,  URL dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.20732.

Kudielka, B., Hanebuth, D., von Kanel, R., Gander, M., Grande, G. and Fisher, J. (2005). Health-related quality of life measured by the SF12 in working populations: Associations with psychosocial work characteristics. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 10, 429-440.

Li, J., Shang, L., Wang, T. and Siegrist, J. (2010). Measuring effort-reward imbalance in school settings: a novel approach and its association with self-rated health. Journal of Epidemiology / Japan Epidemiological Association, 20, 111-118.

Li, J., Yang, W. and Cho, S. (2006). Gender differences in job strain, effort-reward imbalance, and health functioning among Chinese physicians. Social Science & Medicine, 62, 1066-1077.

Mäki, K., Vahtera, J., Virtanen, M., Elovainio, M. et al. (2008). Work stress and new-onset migraine in a female employee population. Cephalalgia, 28, 18-25.

Niedhammer, I., Teck, M., Starke, D. and Siegrist, J. (2004). Effort-Reward Imbalance Model and self reported health: Cross-sectional and prospective results from the GAZEL Cohort. Social Science & Medicine, 58 (8), 1531-1541.

Pikhart, H., Bobak, M., Siegrist, J., Pajak, A. et al. (2001). Psychosocial work characteristics and self-rated health in four post-communist countries. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55, 624-630.

Rugulies, R., Aust, B., Siegrist, J., Bultmann, U. et al. (2009). Distribution of effort-reward imbalance in Denmark and its prospective association with a decline in self-rated health. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 51, 870-878, doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181a9086c  .

Salavecz, G., Chandola, T., Pikhart, H., Dragano, N. et al. (2010). Work stress and health in Western European and post-communist countries: an East-West comparison study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64, 57-62, doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.075978  .

Shimazu, A. and de Jonge, J. (2009). Reciprocal relations between effort-reward imbalance at work and adverse health: A three-wave panel survey. Social Science & Medicine, 68, 60-68, doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.05  .

Van Vegchel, N., de Jonge, J. and Meijer, T. (2001). Different effort constructs and effort-reward imbalance: effects on employee well-being in ancillary health care workers. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 34, 128-136.

Wada, K., Sakata, Y., Theriault, G., Aratake, Y. et al. (2007). Effort-reward imbalance and social support are associated with chronic fatigue among medical residents in Japan. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 81, 331-336.

Watanabe, M., Tanaka, K., Aratake, Y., Kato, N. and Sakata, Y. (2008). The Impact of Effort-reward Imbalance on Quality of Life among Japanese Working Men. Industrial Health, 46, 217-222.

Willis, T., O'Connor, D. and Smith, L. (2008). Investigating effort-reward imbalance and work-family conflict in relation to morningness-eveningess and shift work. Work & Stress, 22 (2), 125-137, doi: 10.1080/02678370802180558  .

Yu, S., Gu, G., Zhou, W. and Wang, S. (2008). Psychosocial Work Environment and Well-Being: A Cross-Sectional Study at a Thermal Power Plant in China. Journal of Occupational Health, 50 (2), 155-162.