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

Published Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 335 pages) : illustrations, digital file 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 Summary Working Without Commitments offers a new understanding of the social and health impacts of this change in the modern workplace, where outsourcing, limited term contracts, and the elimination of pensions and health benefits have become the new standard. Using information from interviews and surveys with workers in less permanent employment, the authors show how precarious employment affects the health of workers, labour productivity, and the sustainability of the traditional family model. A timely and relevant work for uncertain economic times, Working Without Commitments provides helpful information for understanding the present workplace and securing better futures for today's workforce Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Precarious employment -- Health aspects -- Canada Precarious employment -- Social aspects -- Canada Job stress -- Canada Social change. Employment -- trends Occupational Health Salaries and Fringe Benefits -- trends Social Change HEALTH & FITNESS -- Work-Related Health. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Health & Safety. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Social change Job stress Precarious employment -- Health aspects -- Canada. Precarious employment -- Social aspects -- Canada. Job stress -- Canada. SUBJECT Canada Subject Canada Form Electronic book Author De Wolff, Alice, 1947- Clarke, Marlea. LC no. 2011410151 ISBN 9780773586260 0773586261

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