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Working without committments : the health effects of precarious employment /

Lewchuk, Wayne.

Working without committments : the health effects of precarious employment / Wayne Lewchuk, Marlea Clarke, Alice De Wolf. - MontreÌal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011. - viii, 335 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Working without commitments: employment relationships and health -- A short history of the employment relationship: control, effort, and support -- Working without commitments and the characteristics of the employment relationship -- Gender, race, and the characteristics of the employment relationship -- The employment strain model and the health effects of less permanent employment -- The blurred lines between precariousness and permanence -- Sustainable, less permanent employment -- "On a path" to employment security? -- Unsustainable, less permanent employment -- Creating commitments in less permanent employment: policy reforms to address rising insecurity.

9780773538276 (alk. paper) 0773538275 (alk. paper) 9780773538283 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0773538283 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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C20109057252

101554580 DNLM 20109057252


Precarious employment--Health aspects--Canada.
Precarious employment--Social aspects--Canada.
Job stress--Canada.

HD5858.C2 / L49 2011

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