Working without commitments: precarious employment and health

Wayne Lewchuk, Marlea Clarke and Alice de Wolff
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Marlea Clarke: McMaster University, Canada, mjclarke@mcmaster.ca
Alice de Wolff: McMaster University, Canada, alicedew@sympatico.ca

Work, Employment & Society, 2008, vol. 22, issue 3, 387-406

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.

Keywords: Canada; health; precarious employment; temporary employment agencies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017008093477

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