The present study advances research on the negative consequences of precarious work experiences (PWE), which include perceptions of threats to one's job and financial security as well as a sense of powerlessness and inability to exercise rights in the workplace. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as a backdrop, we examine how PWE relate to sickness presenteeism and worry about work-related COVID-19 exposure. In a 12-week, four-wave study of workers working fully in-person, perceptions of powerlessness and job insecurity were associated with presenteeism (e.g., general presenteeism as well as attending work with known or possible COVID-19 infection) and concerns about disease exposure at work. Whereas powerlessness primarily operated at the between-person level of analysis, job insecurity's effects emerged at both levels of analysis. A sense of powerlessness at work also predicted sending children to school/daycare sick. In sum, the findings suggest that precarity related to being able to keep one's job and a sense of powerlessness at work contribute to concerns about the risk of COVID-19 exposure at work and, simultaneously, behaviors that may contribute to the health risks faced by others. This research provides added support to the argument that precarious work should be addressed in order to improve both worker well-being and public health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

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冒着生命危险挽救生计：在 COVID-19 大流行期间，不稳定的工作、出勤主义和对疾病暴露的担忧。


本研究推进了对不稳定工作经验 （PWE） 的负面后果的研究，其中包括对工作和财务安全构成威胁的看法，以及无能为力和无法在工作场所行使权利的感觉。以 COVID-19 大流行为背景，我们研究了 PWE 与疾病出勤率的关系，以及对与工作相关的 COVID-19 暴露的担忧。在一项为期 12 周的四波研究中，对完全面对面工作的员工的无力感和工作不安全感与出勤主义（例如，一般出勤主义以及在已知或可能感染 COVID-19 的情况下上班）和对工作中疾病暴露的担忧有关。虽然无力感主要在人与人之间的分析层面起作用，但工作不安全感的影响出现在两个分析层面。工作中的无力感也预示着让孩子生病上学/托儿所。总之，研究结果表明，与能够保住工作相关的不稳定和工作中的无力感会导致人们对工作中接触 COVID-19 风险的担忧，同时，也会导致他人面临的健康风险的行为。这项研究为应该解决不稳定的工作以改善工人福祉和公共卫生的论点提供了额外的支持。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 （c） 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。