Working without commitments: precarious employment and health Journal Articles

abstract

• Using cross-sectional data from a Canadian population-based questionnaire, this article develops a new approach to understanding the impact of less permanent forms of employment on workers' health. It concludes that employment relationships where future employment is uncertain, where individuals are actively searching for new employment and where support is limited are associated with poorer health indicators.

authors

• Lewchuk, Wayne
• Clarke, M
• de Wolff, A

status

• published 

publication date

• September 1, 2008

has subject area

• 1402 Applied Economics (FoR)
• 1503 Business and Management (FoR)
• 1608 Sociology (FoR)
• Industrial Relations (Science Metrix)

published in

• Work, Employment and Society  Journal

keywords

• Business & Economics
• Canada
• Economics
• Industrial Relations & Labor
• JOB INSECURITY
• LABOR-MARKET
• POWER
• SECURITY
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• health
• precarious employment
• temporary employment agencies

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0950017008093477

start page

• 387

end page

• 406

volume

• 22

issue

• 3