Extrinsic effort
 

	No	Yes
		Very good	Rather good	Rather distressed	Very distressed
Q1) There is constant time pressure in my job due to a heavy workload	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q2) There are many interruptions and disturbances in my job	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q3) I have a lot of responsibility in my job	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q4) There is pressure in my job to work overtime	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q5) My job is physically demanding	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q6) Over the past few years, my job has become more and more demanding	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2

Score: (Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 + Q5 + Q6) / 6
if only five questions were answered, average score was calculated from five valid answers
 
 

Reward
 

	No	Yes
		Not at all distressed	Somewhat distressed	Rather distressed	Very distressed
Q1) Are you treated unfairly at work?	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q2) Are the promotion prospects in your job poor?	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q3) Have you experienced or do you expect to experience an undesirable change in your work situation?	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q4) Have job redundancies recently affected your work colleagues?	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q5) Is your own job security poor?	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q6) Considering all your efforts and achievements, are your work prospects poor?	1
If Yes, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
	Yes	No
		Not at all  distressed	Somewhat distressed	Rather distressed	Very distressed
Q7) Do you receive the respect you deserve from your work colleagues?	1
If No, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q8) Do you experience adequate support in difficult situations?	1
If No, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q9) Does your current job adequately reflect your knowledge, skills and training?	1
If No, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q10) Does your salary/income adequately reflect all your past efforts and achievements?	1
If No, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2
Q11) Considering all your efforts and achievements, do you receive the respect and prestige you deserve at work?	1
If No, how do you feel about this?		1	1	2	2

Score: (33 - (Q1 + Q2 + Q3 + Q4 + Q5 +Q6 +Q7 + Q8 + Q9 + Q10 + Q11)) / 11
if only nine or ten questions were answered, average score was calculated from valid answers
 
 
 

Effort/reward imbalance:
 

Effort score     E/R = ---------------------                Reward score

 

Application of effort/reward imbalance in data from Central and Eastern Europe:

PIKHART H, BOBAK M, Siegrist J, Pajak A, Rywik S, Kyshegyi J, Gostautas A, Skodova Z, MARMOT M. Psychosocial work characteristics and self-rated health in four post-communist countries. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2001; 55: 624-630.

 

 

National versions of ERI questionnaire:

Czech
Russian
Polish

 

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