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Perceived precarious employment in Malta

open access: yes, 2017
The purpose of this paper is to shed more light on the phenomenon of precarious employment by examining the nature and level of perceived precarious employment in Malta. The paper is based on a telephone survey carried out among a sample of 388 employees.
Debono, Manwel   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Performing history, negotiating patriarchy: Actressing as gendered labor and the fragmentation of womanhood in Chinese historical costume drama

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Gender inequality remains widespread in the film and television production industry, yet it is seldom examined in relation to backstage working environments. This article integrates on‐screen and off‐screen perspectives to investigate the working lives of Chinese actresses.
Yajie Li, Yuhao Ding
wiley   +1 more source

Neurolathyrism in Sub‐Saharan Africa—Assessing the Neurotoxic Risks of Lathyrus sativus Amid Drought and Food Security Challenges

open access: yesFood Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Representation of grass pea consumption in drought‐stricken sub‐Saharan Africa sustains nutrition, but excess β‐ODAP exposure due to multiple reasons triggers neurolathyrism, a progressive neurotoxic disorder. ABSTRACT Neurolathyrism is a progressive motor neuron disease due to the consumption of Lathyrus sativus (grass pea) over long periods.
Biruk Demisse Ayalew   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between precarious employment and BMI in the United States. [PDF]

open access: yesObesity (Silver Spring), 2023
Oddo VM   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Operating in perpetual motion? Coping with the dark side of global boundary spanning

open access: yesGlobal Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This paper explores how individuals experience and cope with the demands of global boundary spanning in multinational enterprises (MNEs). We foreground temporary colocation as a modality through which mobile global boundary spanners repeatedly traverse multiple boundaries, triggering intense demands with adverse consequences ...
Kieran M. Conroy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A feasibility study exploring precarious employment and stress-related health among women. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Oddo VM   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Revisiting the Relationship Between Job Insecurity and Work Engagement: The Moderating Roles of Contract Type and Trait Negative Affectivity

open access: yesHuman Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study proposes and tests a curvilinear effect of job insecurity on work engagement, while also examining the moderating roles of employment contract type (permanent vs. temporary) and trait negative affectivity on this relationship. Utilizing two waves of time‐lagged data from a sample of 397 participants (273 permanent and 124 temporary ...
Hui‐Hsien Hsieh, Kuo‐Yang Kao
wiley   +1 more source

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