Life In Organizations
Jobs
HOW HEAVY IS MY WORKLOAD?
For each of the eight statements, indicate the degree to which they characterize your current job using the following scale:

1 = Very little
2 = Little
3 = Some
4 = Great
5 = Very great

  1. The number of projects and/or assignments you have.
    1 2 3 4 5

  2. The amount of time you spend in meetings.
    1 2 3 4 5

  3. The amount of time you have.
    1 2 3 4 5

  4. The number of conflicting demands you have.
    1 2 3 4 5

  5. The work load, the amount of things that need to be done.
    1 2 3 4 5

  6. The time to think and contemplate.
    1 2 3 4 5

  7. The quantity of work you are expected to do.
    1 2 3 4 5

  8. The extent to which you feel you never have any time.
    1 2 3 4 5


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Source: Adapted from R.D. Caplan, S. Cobb, and J.R.P French, Jr., "Relationship of Cessation of Smoking with Job Stress, Personality, and Social Support," Journal ofApplied Psychology, Vol. 60, 1975, pp. 211-19. Evaluated in J.L. Price and C.W Mueller, HANDBOOK OF ORGANIZATIONAL MEASUREMENT (Marshfield, MA: Pitman, 1986), pp. 254-57.