Employment Contracts and Well-Being Among European Workers

Nele De Cuyper is PhD-student at the Research Centre for Stress, Health and Well-being, Department of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Kerstin Isaksson is Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden, and a researcher at the National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm, Sweden. Hans De Witte is Associate Professor in Work Psychology at the Research Centre for Stress, Health and Well-being, Department of Psychology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Contents: Employment contracts and well-being among European workers introduction, Kerstin Isaksson, Nele De Cuyper and Hans De Witte; Employment contracts - how to deal with diversity? Nele De Cuyper, Hans De Witte and Kerstin Isaksson; Psychological contracts - how to deal with complexity? Nele De Cuyper, Hans De Witte and Kerstin Isaksson; Temporary employment in Belgium: is it really precarious? Nele De Cuyper and Hans De Witte; German flexibility: loosening the reins without losing control, Thomas Rigotti and Gisela Mohr; Employment contracts and psychological contracts in Israel, Moshe Krausz and Noga Stainvartz; Temporary employment in the Netherlands: between flexibility and security, Jeroen de Jong and René Schalk; Current evidence concerning employment contracts and employee/organizational well-being among workers in Spain, Amparo Caballer, Inmaculada Silla, Francisco Gracia and Jose Ramos; Work-related well-being and job characteristics among temporary workers in Sweden, Claudia Bernhard-Oettel and Kerstin Isaksson; Contracting in the UK: current research evidence on the impact of flexible employment and the nature of psychological contracts, David E. Guest and Michael Clinton; Temporary employment in Europe. conclusions, Nele De Cuyper, Hans De Witte and Kerstin Isaksson; Index.