Job insecurity and health-related outcomes among different types of temporary workers

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-117

  Silla, Inmaculada ^a   Gracia, Francisco J ^a   Peiró, José María ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Employability; Health related outcomes; Job insecurity; Preference of contract; Temporary work

Indexed keywords

EID: 13844299299     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X05049404     Document Type: Article

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