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Employment status and mortality among Korean men over a 13-year period [PDF]

Epidemiology and Health, 2021
OBJECTIVES This study explored the effect of employment status on mortality over a 13-year period in Korean men. METHODS Data were used from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study from 1999 to 2012.
Dohee Lim, Kyoung Ae Kong, Hyesook Park, Kyunghee Jung-Choi   +3 more
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Measuring precarious employment in Sweden: translation, adaptation and psychometric properties of the Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES) [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives Precarious employment (PE) is a determinant of poor health and health inequality. However, the evidence of health consequences and mechanisms underlying the associations, are still limited due to a lack of a comprehensive multidimensional definition and measurement instrument.
Johanna Jonsson, Alejandra Vives, Joan Benach, Katarina Kjellberg, Jenny Selander, Gun Johansson, Theo Bodin   +6 more
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Diverting blame to stay sane - young people’s strategies for dealing with the mental health effects of precarious employment: a grounded theory study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Precarious employment is a risk factor for poor mental health, particularly among young adults. Knowledge about how young people maintain their mental health while in a precarious employment situation is scarce.
Susanna Toivanen, Anna Olofsson Tarantino, Maria Emmelin, Per-Olof Östergren   +3 more
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Precarious employment, job engagement and workers’ quit intention in Chinese firms in Zimbabwe

SA Journal of Human Resource Management
Orientation: Chinese-owned businesses in Zimbabwe are affected by high labour turnover. High labour turnover in these businesses reduces productivity, causes low employee morale, and augments recruitment and training costs.
Sharon T. Rugotwi, Nhamo Mashavira, Munyaradzi Chikove, Frank R. Matenda, Mabutho Sibanda   +4 more
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Global precarious employment and health inequalities: working conditions, social class, or precariat?

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2016
: Changes in employment conditions since the 1980s have been referred to as precarious employment, and terms like flexible, atypical, temporary, part-time, contract, self-employed, irregular, or non-standard employment have also been used.
Carles Muntaner
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Loss of permanent employment and its association with suicidal ideation: a cohort study in South Korea

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2017
OBJECTIVE: Precarious employment is associated with worse mental health, but it is unclear whether changes in employment status are related to suicidal behaviors.
Seohyun Yoon, Ja Young Kim, Jooyoung Park, Seung-Sup Kim   +3 more
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Association between change in employment status and new-onset depressive symptoms in South Korea – a gender analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2012
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the association of change in employment status with new-onset depressive symptoms, particularly differences stemming from workers’ gender, in South Korea.
Seung-Sup Kim, S V Subramanian, Glorian Sorensen, Melissa J Perry, David C Christiani   +4 more
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Experiences of precarious work within higher education institutions: a qualitative evidence synthesis

Frontiers in Education, 2023
IntroductionA qualitative evidence synthesis was employed, to identify and synthesize the best evidence on the experiences of precariously employed academics in high education institutions.MethodsThe Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) principles were followed.
Shihaam Solomon, Marieta Du Plessis
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Comparing Precarious Employment Across Countries: Measurement Invariance of the Employment Precariousness Scale for Europe (EPRES-E)

Social Indicators Research, 2020
The research leading to these results has been supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities under grant agreements No. CSO2016-79103R and No. CSO2017-89719-R (AEI/FEDER, UE).
Eva Padrosa, Mireia Bolíbar, Mireia Julià, Joan Benach   +3 more
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The effects of employment conditions on smoking status and smoking intensity: the analysis of Korean labor & income panel 8(th)-10(th) wave. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: The neoliberal policies and its socioeconomic consequences in Korea have made employment conditions insecure and affected employees' health as well.
Youn Jung, Juhwan Oh, Soonim Huh, Ichiro Kawachi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source