Psychosocial working conditions
The job exposure matrix (JEM) for psychosocial working conditions consists of gender-specific exposure scores regarding psychosocial job demands and job control (decision authority and skill discretion). Data has been collected from 1990 to 2015.
There are four categories of exposure regarding psychological job demands and decision authority.
(1) 0-24 % exposed.
(2) 25-49 % exposed.
(3) 50-74 % exposed.
(4) 75-100 % exposed.
Daniel Falkstedt
Principal Researcher
Svetlana Solovieva
Adjunct Professor, FIOHPublications
Development of a gender-specific European job exposure matrix (EuroJEM) for physical workload and its validation against musculoskeletal pain.
Solovieva S, Descatha A, Mehlum IS, Viikari-Juntura E, Undem K, Berglund K, Gilbert F, Wuytack F, d'Errico A, Badarin K, Evanoff B, Kjellberg K. Development of a gender-specific European job exposure matrix (EuroJEM) for physical workload and its validation against musculoskeletal pain. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2024 Dec 16:4203. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.4203. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39680844.
Psychosocial working conditions and the risk of diagnosed depression: a Swedish register-based study.
Almroth M, Hemmingsson T, Sörberg Wallin A, Kjellberg K, Burström B, Falkstedt D. Psychosocial working conditions and the risk of diagnosed depression: a Swedish register-based study. Psychol Med. 2021 Mar 8;52(15):1-9. doi: 10.1017/S003329172100060X. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33682646; PMCID: PMC9772906.
Mechanical and psychosocial work exposures on JSTOR
Hanvold, T. N., Sterud, T., Kristensen, P., & Mehlum, I. S. (2019). Mechanical and psychosocial work exposures: the construction and evaluation of a gender-specific job exposure matrix (JEM). Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 45(3), 239–247. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26677630
Evaluation of the Validity of Job Exposure Matrix for Psychosocial Factors at Work | PLOS ONE
Solovieva S, Pensola T, Kausto J, Shiri R, Heliövaara M, et al. (2014) Evaluation of the Validity of Job Exposure Matrix for Psychosocial Factors at Work. PLOS ONE 9(9): e108987. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108987