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Adjusting to new employment landscapes: Consequences of precarious employment for young Australians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Jenny Chesters  and
Hernan Cuervo
Hernan Cuervo
Affiliation:
The University of Melbourne, Australia
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Abstract

As economies transition from industrial to post-industrial, the types of jobs available and employment conditions change. Research indicates that youth employment has been negatively impacted by these changes. For young people seeking to enter the labour market, particularly those combining employment and study, precarious employment has become the norm. However, precarious employment is, for many, no longer a stepping stone on the path to permanent employment. Many young Australians, even those with higher education qualifications, experience prolonged periods of precarious employment. To examine how new employment landscapes are experienced by young workers, we conduct analysis of data collected by the Life Pattern Project, a longitudinal mixed-methods study. Our results show that precarious employment is related to lower levels of job satisfaction and autonomy in young adulthood.

Keywords

J20J28J41Autonomyjob satisfactionprecarious employmentyoung adults
Type
Youth precarity
Information
The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 30 , Issue 2: Symposia: Australian Regulatory Failure: Labour Markets and Banking Practice Youth Precarity , June 2019 , pp. 222 - 240
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2019

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