Do Job Demands of Chinese Manufacturing Employees Predict Positive or Negative Outcomes? A Test of Competing Hypotheses

• Published in: Stress and health Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 432 - 442
• Main Authors: Cheung, Janelle H., Sinclair, Robert R., Shi, Junqi, Wang, Mo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Adult; challenge and hindrance stressors; China; Chinese manufacturing workers; Female; Humans; job demands-control model; Job Satisfaction; Male; Models, Psychological; Stress, Psychological - psychology; Workload - psychology; Young Adult; Chinese manufacturing workers; job demands-control model; challenge and hindrance stressors

Karasek's job demands–control (JDC) model posits that job control can buffer against the harmful effects of demands experienced by employees. A large volume of JDC research has obtained support for the main effects of demands and control, but not the interactive effects. Recent research on the...