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Working Around Life: Satisfaction with Precarious Work in the Millennial Generation

Andro, Erin
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1490105671880295

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2017, MA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Sociology and Criminology.
Precarious work is increasingly common in the United States, with 1.8-4.1%% of workers employed in a precarious job (The Bureau of Labor Statistics 2005). Poor mental health is a common consequence of precarious work. Using Waves III and IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N=1,076), I examined the relationship between precarious work and depressive symptoms, and tested whether job satisfaction mediated this relationship. Precarious work is measured by the participants’ work schedule stability and their ability to control their work. Findings suggest that satisfaction in the workplace mediates the relationship between control at work and depressive symptoms. For Millennials, being satisfied with employment is associated with their mental well-being, while unstable work schedule and control at work are not associated with depressive symptoms once satisfaction is taken into account.
Adrianne Frech (Advisor)
Richard Adams (Committee Member)
Janette Dill (Committee Member)
34 p.
Aging; Labor Relations; Mental Health
precarious work; depression; satisfaction; millennial; generation

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  • Andro, E. (2017). Working Around Life: Satisfaction with Precarious Work in the Millennial Generation [Master's thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1490105671880295

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Andro, Erin. Working Around Life: Satisfaction with Precarious Work in the Millennial Generation. 2017. Kent State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1490105671880295.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Andro, Erin. "Working Around Life: Satisfaction with Precarious Work in the Millennial Generation." Master's thesis, Kent State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1490105671880295

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