A temporal comparison of the effects of unemployment and job insecurity on wellbeing

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Burchell, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Job insecurity; Recession; Unemployment; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956306891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2277     Document Type: Article

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