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

Title: Working without committments : the health effects of precarious employment / Wayne Lewchuk, Marlea Clarke, Alice De Wolf.
Author: Lewchuk, Wayne.
Publication: Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011.

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viii, 335 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

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

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