Precarious Employment and Well-Being: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Issue 1 (February 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mai, Quan D.; Song, Lijun; Donnelly, Rachel
• Other Names: Mai Quan D. guest-editor.; Song Lijun guest-editor.; Donnelly Rachel guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Work and occupations. Volume 50:Issue 1(2023)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 21
• Publication Date: 2023-02
• Subjects: precarious employment -- well-being -- COVID-19 pandemic; Occupations -- Periodicals; Professions -- Periodicals; 306.36
• DOI: 10.1177/07308884221143063
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0730-8884

Abstract

While precarious employment is not a new concept, it has been brought to the center of scholarly and public discourse worldwide by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. This essay delineates how precarious employment shapes well-being and situates that relationship in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The essay also provides an overview of how the nine articles boldly investigate how these two layers of global risk—precarious employment and the pandemic—interact to shape individuals' well-being. In addition to advancing theoretical and empirical knowledge by analyzing timely data from diverse sources and populations, these articles call for more efforts on worker protection reforms and government financial support.