Methodological issues in assessing job stress and burnout in psychosocial research Methodological issues in assessing job stress and burnout 

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Paolo Campanini

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job stress, burnout, methodological issues

Abstract

In recent years, researchers identified a “reproducibility crisis” of scientific studies. In assessing job stress and burnout in psychosocial research two biases that prevent the results from being generalized are common: sample bias (included web survey) and common method bias using questionnaires. These issues are commented and remedies are proposed to prevent or contain biases.

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