Precarious Labour in Portuguese Call Centres: An Anthropological Study
This thesis explores the themes of alienation and exploitation within the Portuguese call centre sector by focusing on the nature of value-creation in the organisation of labour, the effects this regime has on workers’ consciousness and agency, and how ...
Matos, Patricia R. M. A.
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"Employment precariousness" in a European cross-national perspective. A sociological review of thirty years of research [PDF]
What has been analysed in France mainly under the term "précarité de l'emploi" over the past 30 years was mostly dealt with differently in other countries (atypical, non-standard employment).
Jean-Claude Barbier
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Precarious work and precarious workers: Towards an improved conceptualisation
, 2016 Discussion of the implications of precarious work for individual workers remains hesitant and often confused. A clear conceptualisation would separate out five analytical levels: precariousness in employment, precarious work, precarious workers ...
Price, Robin +5 more
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Maternal precarious employment and child overweight/obesity in the United States. [PDF]
Prev Med, 2023 Zhuang CC +4 more
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Training for Exploitation?: Politicising Employability and Reclaiming Education by Precarious Workers Brigade. Foreword: Silvia Federici [PDF]
'Training for Exploitation' provides a pedagogical framework to deconstruct dominant narratives around work, employability and careers, and explores alternative ways of engaging with work and the economy. Training for Exploitation?
Federici, Silvia +1 more
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BMC Public HealthBackground This study analyzed the association between depressive symptoms and employment type, by considering both socioeconomic status and job stress factors.
Yun-Jung Yang, Jihye Lee
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Part-time Employment, Gender and Employee Participation in the Workplace: An Illawarra Reconnaissance [PDF]
The growth in non-standard forms of employment has major implications for the effectiveness of employee participation mechanisms in the workplace, whether direct or indirect (representative). This seems to be especially the case with representative forms,
Kowalczyk, J., Pomfret, S., Markey, R.
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Employment precariousness and its multiple impacts from a gender perspective
Revista de Psicología, 2019 At a time when concerns are being raised about “precarious generation” it is interesting to analyze the increasing precarious employment in France and to study its possible effects on workers.
Amélie Darcy +2 more
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Research Brief 3: Immigrant Strategies to Improve Work and Achieve Income Security
, 2009 In Brief Three, we look at the strategies that immigrants use to improve their work experiences and reduce the precariousness of their jobs. We also consider whether such strategies can help to reduce poverty.
Landolt, Patricia, Goldring, Luin
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Economic insecurity and fertility intentions: the case of Italy
We aim to provide an explanation for the combination of the relatively low female participation rates and lowest-low fertility levels in Italy. Starting from the assumption that childbearing decisions also depend on uncertainty about future employment ...
Sabatini, Fabio +2 more
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