Job Insecurity and Employability in Fixed-Term Contractors, Agency Workers, and Permanent Workers: Associations With Job Satisfaction and Affective Organizational Commitment

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-205

  De Cuyper, Nele ^a   Notelaers, Guy ^a,b   De Witte, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

employability; job insecurity; temporary employment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB SECURITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; BELGIUM; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONNEL LOYALTY;

EID: 65249124582     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014603     Document Type: Article

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