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Effort-reward imbalance (ERI)

RE Rebecca Erschens
IA Ines Armbruster
SA Sophia Helen Adam
FR Felicitas Rapp
LB Lisa Braun
CS Carla Schröpel
SZ Stephan Zipfel
MR Monika A. Rieger
HG Harald Gündel
ER Eva Rothermund
FJ Florian Junne
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Effort-reward imbalance was measured using the German version of the Effort-Reward Imbalance questionnaire (ERI-S 10; [16, 54]) with two sub-scales (i) effort (consisting of three items, e.g. ‘I have constant time pressure due to a heavy workload’, ‘I have many interruptions and disturbances while performing my job’) and (ii) reward (consisting of seven items, e.g. ‘Considering all my efforts and achievements, I receive the respect and prestige I deserve at work’, ‘My job promotion prospects are poor’). Participants responded on a 4-point Likert scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). Both scales show high internal consistency, with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of α = 0.80 for effort and α = 0.84 for reward [55]. An effort-reward ratio = 1 (see Siegrist and colleagues [17]) indicates a balance between reported effort and reward. If individuals report less effort for each reward, the effort-reward ratio is < 1. In contrast, a ratio > 1 indicates that more effort is expended than reward received, indicating an imbalance.

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