The Hidden Costs of Precarious Employment: Health and the Employment Relationship
Resource type
Authors/contributors
- Lewchuk, Wayne (Author)
- De Wolff,, Alice (Author)
- King, Andrew (Author)
- Polanyi, Michael (Author)
- Vosko, Leah F. (Editor)
Title
The Hidden Costs of Precarious Employment: Health and the Employment Relationship
Abstract
[C]ontributes to an understanding of the nature of precarious employment and its broader social implications, with an emphasis on its impact on health. It reports findings of a survey exploring connections between the employment relationship, the organization of work, and workers' health. ...[The authors] develop a new concept - "employment strain" - to examine how precarious employment relationships affect workers' health.
Book Title
Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada
Place
Montreal
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Date
2006
Pages
141-162
Language
English
ISBN
0-7735-2961-6 0-7735-2962-4
Library Catalog
laurentian.concat.ca
Call Number
HD 8106.5 .P74 2006
Citation
Lewchuk, W., De Wolff, A., King, A., & Polanyi, M. (2006). The Hidden Costs of Precarious Employment: Health and the Employment Relationship. In L. F. Vosko (Ed.), Precarious Employment: Understanding Labour Market Insecurity in Canada (pp. 141–162). McGill-Queen’s University Press. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293275755_The_hidden_costs_of_precarious_employment_Health_and_the_employment_relationship
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