The health consequences of precarious employment experiences

Work

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 369-382

  Scott Marshall, Heather ^a,b   Tompa, Emile ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR WORK AND HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

health; Job insecurity; longitudinal studies; nonstandard work; wellbeing; work quality; work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956145156     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2011-1140     Document Type: Article

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