On the importance of knowing the affective meaning of job demands
研究探讨工作需求的不同方面，发现某些类型和强度的需求与满意度或不满相关，而其他需求则无普遍共识，建议用更中性的术语“工作需求环境”替代。
Abstract Theorizing about the effects of job demands on mental health, job satisfaction and performance can be enhanced by allowing for a more complicated view of job demands. This paper describes an empirical attempt aimed at investigating facets of job demands. It hypothesizes that (1) many individuals will agree that job demands of certain kinds and strengths, will be associated with either satisfaction, or dissatisfaction, (2) that there will be no general agreement for some types of demands. Correlational analysis was performed on two independent sets of data to test the hypotheses, which were both supported. These results raised questions about the status of the concept of demands itself and a recommendation is made that it be replaced by the more neutral term ‘job demands milieu’ which can be applied to other aspects of the job environment such as task‐based milieu, role‐based milieu, or physical environmental milieu.