The Work Limitation Questionnaire

Work performance assessed by a newly developed Japanese version of the Work Limitation Questionnaire in a general Japanese adult population.

BACKGROUND The Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) was recently developed to measure health-related decrements in ability to perform job roles among employed individuals. The purpose of this study was to develop and test a Japanese version of the WLQ. METHODS Developing the Japanese version of the WLQ involved translations, back-translations, and a pilot study. Using data obtained from a nat...

Designing the Questionnaire of Teachers’ Work Life Quality

Background and Objectives: Quality of work life is one of the most important factors in promotion of teachers and having them continue their jobs. This study aimed at designing and evaluating a questionnaire for teachers’ work life quality.  Methods: In this research, a sequential exploratory approach (instrument editing model) was used and in the qualitative stage, a semi-structured interview...

Dynamics of work limitation and work in Australia.

This paper examines the impact of self-reported work limitations on the labour force participation of the Australian working age population. Five consecutive waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey are used to investigate this relationship. A two-equation dynamic panel data model demonstrates that persistence and unobserved heterogeneity play an important ...

Responsiveness of the individual work performance questionnaire

BACKGROUND Individual work performance is an important outcome measure in studies in the workplace. Nevertheless, its conceptualization and measurement has proven challenging. To overcome limitations of existing scales, the Individual Work Performance Questionnaire (IWPQ) was recently developed. The aim of the current study was to gain insight into the responsiveness of the IWPQ. METHODS Data...

The Nurses Work Functioning Questionnaire (NWFQ).