Developing a Job Exposure Matrix of Work Organization Hazards in the United States: A Review on Methodological Issues and Research Protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most job exposure matrices (JEMs) have been developed for chemical and physical hazards in the United States (US). In addition, the overall validity of most JEMs of work organization hazards using self-reported data in the literature remains to be further tested due to several methodological weaknesses.

Methods

This paper aims to review important methodological issues with regard to a JEM of work organization hazards using self-report data and to present a research protocol for developing a four-axis (job titles, hazards, sex, and time) JEM of major work organization hazards using the US General Social Survey-Quality of Work-Life (GSS-QWL) data (2002-2018; N = 7,100 workers).

Results

Five methodological weaknesses in existing JEMs of work organization hazar

SUBMITTER: Choi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7728710 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature