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Universities as a Source of Precarious Employment [PDF]

Integration of Education, 2023
Introduction. Rapid social changes and new challenges are increasingly transforming all spheres of human life. These factors affect not only the labor market and the general nature of professional activities, but also educational approaches to training specialists in the higher education system.
Anatoly V. Merenkov, Natalya L. Antonova, Evgeny L. Bakhtin, Galina I. Popova   +3 more
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The importance of using a multi-dimensional scale to capture the various impacts of precarious employment on health: Results from a national survey of Chilean workers.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundSocial epidemiologic research in relation to the health impacts of precarious employment has grown markedly during the past decade. While the multidimensional nature of precarious employment has long been acknowledged theoretically, empirical ...
Alejandra Vives, Tarik Benmarhnia, Francisca González, Joan Benach   +3 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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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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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

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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