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Robert Karasek
Researcher at University of Massachusetts Lowell
Publications - 75
Citations - 32473
Robert Karasek is an academic researcher from University of Massachusetts Lowell. The author has contributed to research in topics: Job strain & Psychosocial. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 75 publications receiving 30807 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert Karasek include University of Copenhagen & University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Job Demands, Job Decision Latitude, and Mental Strain: Implications for Job Redesign
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Healthy Work: Stress, Productivity, and the Reconstruction Of Working Life
Robert Karasek,Töres Theorell +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a strategy for redesigning jobs to reduce unnecessary stress and improve productivity and job satisfaction is proposed, which is based on the concept of job redesigning and re-designing.
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The Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ): an instrument for internationally comparative assessments of psychosocial job characteristics.
Robert Karasek,Chantal Brisson,Norito Kawakami,Irene L. D. Houtman,Paulien M. Bongers,Benjamin Amick +5 more
TL;DR: Results suggest that psychological job characteristics are more similar across national boundaries than across occupations.
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Job decision latitude, job demands, and cardiovascular disease : a prospective study of Swedish men
TL;DR: The association between specific job characteristics and subsequent cardiovascular disease was tested using a large random sample of the male working Swedish population and the prospective development of coronary heart disease symptoms and signs was analyzed using a multivariate logistic regression technique.
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Current issues relating to psychosocial job strain and cardiovascular disease research.
Töres Theorell,Robert Karasek +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors comment on recent reviews of cardiovascular job strain research by P. L. Schnall and P. A. Landsbergis and conclude that job strain as defined by the demand-control model (the combination of contributions of low job decision latitudes and high psychological job demands) is confirmed as a risk factor for cardiovascular mortality in a large majority of studies.