Rectangular table with diagonal arrows

Question

I'm trying to make a kind of matrix with text in its cells and arrows in its diagonal. How can I make a rectangle table like this one in LaTeX?

I've made this so far:
documentclass{standalone}
usepackage{multirow}
usepackage{graphicx}
begin{document}
begin{table}[]
centering
resizebox{textwidth}{!}{%
begin{tabular}{llcc}
 &  & multicolumn{2}{c}{textbf{Job Demands}}           
 &  & multicolumn{1}{l}{Low} & multicolumn{1}{l}{High}  cline{3-4} 
multirow{2}{*}{textbf{Job Decision Latitude}} &
 multicolumn{1}{l|}{Low} &
 multicolumn{1}{c|}{begin{tabular}[c]{@{}c@{}}Passive  Jobend{tabular}} &
 multicolumn{1}{c|}{High Strain Job}  cline{3-4} 
 &
 multicolumn{1}{l|}{High} &
multicolumn{1}{c|}{begin{tabular}[c]{@{}c@{}}Low Strain  Jobend{tabular}} &
 multicolumn{1}{c|}{begin{tabular}[c]{@{}c@{}}Active  Jobend{tabular}}  cline{3-4} 
end{tabular}%
}
end{table}
end{document}

But I don't know how to make the diagonal arrows

Alan Xiang · Accepted Answer

Consider using tikz

documentclass{article}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage{tikz}
usetikzlibrary{calc}

begin{document}

tikzset{
  plainnode/.style={
    outer sep=0pt,
    inner sep=0pt
  },
  fwtextnode/.style={
    fill=white,
    minimum width=2.5cm,
    text width=2.5cm,
    execute at begin node={scriptsizecentering},
    execute at end node={par}
  },
  textnode/.style={
    execute at begin node={scriptsize}
  }
}

newcommand*{textloc}{0.4}

% node a
% node b
% coef
% text
% option
newcommand{interpnode}[5]{
  node[textnode,#5] at ($(#1)+#3*(#2)-#3*(#1)$) {#4};
}

begin{tikzpicture}
coordinate (a) at (-4, 2);
coordinate (b) at (4, 2);
coordinate (c) at (4, -2);
coordinate (d) at (-4, -2);
coordinate (e) at (0, 0);
coordinate (b1) at (5, 2.5);
coordinate (c1) at (5, -2.5);
coordinate (f) at ($0.5*(a)+0.5*(b)+(0cm,1cm)$);

draw[thick] (a)--(b)--(c)--(d)--(a);
draw[thick] ($0.5*(a)+0.5*(d)$)--($0.5*(b)+0.5*(c)$);
draw[thick] ($0.5*(a)+0.5*(b)$)--($0.5*(d)+0.5*(c)$);
draw[thick] (a)--(e);
draw[thick] (b)--(e);
draw[thick] (c)--(e);
draw[thick] (d)--(e);
draw[thick,-latex] (b)--(b1);
draw[thick,-latex] (c)--(c1);

node at (f) {textbf{Job Demands}};
node[fwtextnode] at ($textloc*(a)$) {uppercase{``passive'' job}};
node[fwtextnode] at ($textloc*(b)$) {uppercase{``high strain'' job}};
node[fwtextnode] at ($textloc*(c)$) {uppercase{``active'' job}};
node[fwtextnode] at ($textloc*(d)$) {uppercase{``low strain'' job}};
node[fwtextnode,text width=1.5cm, minimum width=1.5cm, xshift=1.0cm] at (b1) {Unresolved Strain};
node[fwtextnode,text width=1.5cm, minimum width=1.5cm, xshift=1.0cm] at (c1) {Activity Level};

interpnode{a}{d}{0.25}{Low}{anchor=east}
interpnode{a}{d}{0.75}{High}{anchor=east}
interpnode{a}{d}{0.5}{Job Decision Latitude}{anchor=east,xshift=-3mm}
interpnode{b}{c}{0.25}{A}{anchor=west,xshift=3mm}
interpnode{b}{c}{0.75}{B}{anchor=west,xshift=3mm}
interpnode{a}{b}{0.25}{Low}{anchor=south}
interpnode{a}{b}{0.75}{High}{anchor=south}
end{tikzpicture}
    
end{document}

Bernard · Answer

A comparatively short code with pstricks:
 documentclass[border=6pt]{standalone}
 usepackage{pst-eucl}%
 usepackage[usestackEOL]{stackengine}

begin{document}

begin{pspicture}(-7.58,-3)(7,3)sffamilysmall
    psset{ PointName=none, arrowinset=0.12, linejoin=1}%unit =1.5cm,
    pstGeonode[PointSymbol=none](0,0){c}(0,-2){b}(-4,-2){A}(-4,0){l}(-4,2){B}(0,2){t}(4,2){C}(4,0){r}(4,-2){D}
    psframe(A)(C)ncline{t}{b}ncline{l}{r}
    % border labels
    psset{linestyle =none}
    ncline{l}{B}naput{Low}ncline{B}{t}naput{Low}
    ncline{C}{r}naput{qquad A}ncline{r}{D}naput{qquad B}
    ncline{A}{l}naput{High}ncline{t}{C}naput{Hismash{g}h}%
    uput[l](l){Job Decision Latitude quad}
    %%% Diagonals & labels
    psset{nodesepB=-1, linestyle=solid}
    ncline{A}{c}ncput*{Centerstack{"LOW STRAIN" JOB}}
    ncline{B}{c}ncput*{Centerstack{"PASSIVE" JOB}}
    psset{arrows =->, nodesepB =-1.3,npos=0.3}
    pstLineAB{c}{C}ncput*{Centerstack{"HIGH STRAIN" JOB}}
     uput[r](5.2, 2.6){Centerstack{Unresolved Strain}}
    pstLineAB{c}{D}ncput*{Centerstack{"ACTIVE" JOB}}
    uput[r](5.2, -2.6){Centerstack{Activity Level}}
    end{pspicture}

end{document}

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