Working without committments : the health effects of precarious employment /
Wayne Lewchuk, Marlea Clarke, Alice De Wolf.
- Montrèal : 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.