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).

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冒着生命危险挽救生计：COVID-19 大流行期间工作不稳定、出勤和担心接触疾病。


本研究推进了对不稳定工作经历（PWE）负面后果的研究，其中包括对工作和财务安全威胁的看法，以及无力感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 与因病出勤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、针对完全面对面工作的员工的四波研究中，对无力感和工作不安全感的认知与出勤率（例如，一般出勤率以及在已知或可能感染 COVID-19 的情况下参加工作）以及对工作中接触疾病。虽然无力感主要在人与人之间的分析层面上起作用，但工作不安全感的影响在两个分析层面上都出现了。工作中的无力感也预示着孩子们会生病去学校/托儿所。总之，研究结果表明，与能否保住工作相关的不稳定感和工作中的无力感会加剧人们对工作中接触 COVID-19 风险的担忧，同时也会导致可能导致员工面临健康风险的行为。其他的。这项研究进一步支持了这样的论点：应解决不稳定的工作问题，以改善工人福祉和公共健康。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2023 APA，保留所有权利）。