The contemporary increase in precarious employment has shaped lives marked by
employment, economic, and social instability for many workers. While research has …

Introduction Coarse exposure assessment and assignment is a common issue facing
epidemiological studies of shift work. Such measures ignore a number of exposure …

Background Occupational science scholarship has long recognized the relationship of
person, occupation, and context, with less focus on the role of occupation in placemaking …

This study utilizes a Critical Anti-Race Qualitative Phenomenological Methodology to
challenge the dominant deficit perspective which reinforces the notion that the cultural …

Health and safety in the workplace has a long history. As far back as 1950 the International
Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) formed a joint …

This chapter sets the stage for the collection. It begins with some examples of workplace
violence and abuse, moving then to why addressing workplace violence and abuse is vital. It …

Background: Rising rates of social isolation in Canada and other middle-and high-income
countries have turned scholarly attention to the kinds of places that facilitate social …

This thesis examines job quality among chefs in Australian restaurants. The restaurant
industry has expanded significantly over the last two decades in response to growing …

El propósito central de este ensayo es estudiar la precariedad laboral desde
aproximaciones teóricas e histórico sociales, al puntualizar el contexto de Puerto Rico. El …

Precarity in the labour market and in-work poverty have received little attention in China,
primarily because this is a recent phenomenon, triggered by China's rapid socio-economic …