A conceptual model for measuring the health associations of precarious employment in Post-Fordist labour markets

In western labour markets standard employment has declined in favour of various non-standard employment arrangements. Adverse consequences for health and well-being resulting from non-standard employment arrangements were shown previously. However, it is often difficult to conceptualise non-standard employment conditions appropriately. So far, research has followed largely two approaches: studying the health consequences of specific types of non-standard arrangements (fixed-term, agency or part-time contracts); or focussing on the psychosocial consequences of violated psychological contracts in terms of employment security or organisational fairness. Both approaches have conceptual limitations when studying employment as an objective condition.