The negative effects on mental health of being in a non-desired occupation in an increasingly precarious labour market

• Main Authors: Catarina Canivet (Author), Gunnar Aronsson (Author), Claudia Bernhard-Oettel (Author), Constanze Leineweber (Author), Mahnaz Moghaddassi (Author), Johanna Stengård (Author), Hugo Westerlund (Author), Per-Olof Östergren (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Precarious employment has been associated with poor mental health. Moreover, increasing labour market precariousness may cause individuals to feel 'locked-in', in non-desired workplaces or occupations, out of fear of not finding a new employment. This could be experienced as a 'loss o...