Explaining the relation between precarious employment and mental well-being. A qualitative study among temporary agency workers | Zendy

Kim Bosmans | Zendy; Stefan Hardonk | Zendy; Nele De Cuyper | Zendy; Christophe Vanroelen | Zendy

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Explaining the relation between precarious employment and mental well-being. A qualitative study among temporary agency workers

Author(s) -

Kim Bosmans,

Stefan Hardonk,

Nele De Cuyper,

Christophe Vanroelen

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

work

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5

H-Index - 50

eISSN - 1875-9270

pISSN - 1051-9815

DOI - 10.3233/wor-152136

Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , qualitative research , relation (database) , psychology , precarious work , demographic economics , social psychology , sociology , social science , work (physics) , economics , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , database

From an employee-perspective, temporary agency employment can be considered in two ways. According to the first perspective, agency jobs are associated with job characteristics that adversely affect mental well-being: job insecurity, low wages, a lack of benefits, little training, poorer prospects for the future, high working time flexibility, minimal trade union representation and problematic triadic employment relations. The other perspective underlines that flexibility, learning opportunities and freedom in agency employment enable workers to build the career of their choice, which may positively affect mental well-being.

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