JOB COMPLEXITY, TYPE-A BEHAVIOR, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDER - A PROSPECTIVE-STUDY

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: SCHAUBROECK, J; GANSTER, DC; KEMMERER, BE
• 署名单位: University of Arkansas System; University of Arkansas Fayetteville; Eastern Illinois University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256837
• 发表日期: 1994
• 页码: 426-439
• 关键词: CHARACTERISTICS MODEL; validity; pattern; DESIGN

摘要

Interview-based measures of ''type A'' behavior and psychological and task-person indexes of job complexity were obtained from 251 police and fire department employees with sound cardiovascular health. Follow-up data on cardiovascular disorder were collected seven years later from participants who had remained with their organizations. The type A behavior pattern predicted cardiovascular disorder over time, and the relationships between the two complexity indexes and cardiovascular morbidity were positive among individuals with high type A behavior ratings but negative among those with low ratings. We discuss the implications of these findings for worker health and job design.