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Precarious Employment in Canada

Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2021
Detailed analysis of Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey shows the complex relationship between the different types of non-standard employment, including non-permanent jobs, self-employment, part-time work and low pay. Term and contract work has increased substantially since 1997, but there is no corresponding decrease in permanent jobs or increase ...
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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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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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Reconceptualising Youth Poverty through the Lens of Precarious Employment during the Pandemic: The Case of Creative Industry

Social Policy and Society, 2022
Risks of youth poverty in relation to employment have largely been overlooked both internationally and locally, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Moving beyond the concepts of income, economic factors and in-work poverty as applied to the general ...
N. Pun, Peier Chen, Shuheng Jin
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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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What is precarious employment? A systematic review of definitions and operationalizations from quantitative and qualitative studies.

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 2020
Objectives The lack of a common definition for precarious employment (PE) severely hampers the comparison of studies within and between countries, consequently reducing the applicability of research findings.
B. Kreshpaj, C. Orellana, B. Burström, L. Davis, T. Hemmingsson, Gun Johansson, K. Kjellberg, Johanna Jonnson, D. Wegman, T. Bodin   +9 more
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Selling one’s future: over-indebtedness and the risk of poor mental health and the role of precarious employment – results from the Scania Public Health Cohort, Sweden

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives The credit market has expanded rapidly, increasing the risk of over-indebtedness among those who lack secure employment or adequate income, an issue of concern in the COVID-19 aftermath.
P. Östergren, T. Bodin, C. Canivet, M. Moghaddassi, A. Vilhelmsson   +4 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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[How do the different dimensions of precarious employment affect mental health?]

Gaceta Sanitaria, 2022
OBJECTIVE To analyse the relationship between precarious employment, measured by dimensions and as a multidimensional index, on the mental health of salaried men and women in the Basque Country (Spain).
E. Valero, Mireia Utzet, Unai Martín
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