Recent research on temporary work has suggested that temporary work experiences vary greatly in quality. In light of concerns about diminished quality of some temporary work experiences, we suggest that temporary workers may experience a variety of stressful work situations that could precipitate detrimental outcomes not only for these workers, but also for their co‐workers and organizations. Using a multi‐wave survey of temporary workers, this study examines the relationship between economic, interpersonal, and organizational stressors and counterproductive work behaviour (CWB). Specifically, we hypothesize that economic stressors (operationalized as economic hardship and job insecurity), interpersonal conflict and organizational constraints will predict the extent to which temporary workers perform CWB via emotional exhaustion and moral disengagement pathways. Three waves of data show that temporary workers experiencing higher levels of economic hardship, interpersonal conflict and organizational constraints reported greater emotional exhaustion, which was linked to increased frequency of CWBs. Additionally, higher levels of job insecurity and interpersonal conflict were related to higher levels of moral disengagement, which related to increased frequency of CWBs. These findings highlight relationships of different stressors with emotional and cognitive reactions that may trigger CWB in temporary workers.

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临时工作压力源与适得其反的工作行为之间的关系

最近对临时工作的研究表明，临时工作经历的质量差异很大。鉴于对某些临时工作体验质量下降的担忧，我们建议临时工可能会经历各种压力大的工作环境，这不仅对这些工人而且对他们的同事和组织都会造成不利后果。本研究使用对临时工的多波调查，检验经济、人际关系和组织压力源与适得其反的工作行为 (CWB) 之间的关系。具体来说，我们假设经济压力因素（作为经济困难和工作不安全的可操作因素），人际冲突和组织约束将通过情绪耗竭和道德脱离途径来预测临时工执行 CWB 的程度。三波数据显示，经历了更高程度的经济困难、人际关系冲突和组织约束的临时工报告了更大的情绪耗竭，这与 CWB 频率增加有关。此外，更高程度的工作不安全感和人际冲突与更高程度的道德脱离有关，这与 CWB 频率增加有关。这些发现强调了不同压力源与可能引发临时工 CWB 的情绪和认知反应之间的关系。人际冲突和组织约束报告了更大的情绪耗竭，这与 CWB 频率增加有关。此外，更高程度的工作不安全感和人际冲突与更高程度的道德脱离有关，这与 CWB 频率增加有关。这些发现强调了不同压力源与可能引发临时工 CWB 的情绪和认知反应之间的关系。人际冲突和组织约束报告了更大的情绪耗竭，这与 CWB 频率增加有关。此外，更高程度的工作不安全感和人际冲突与更高程度的道德脱离有关，这与 CWB 频率增加有关。这些发现强调了不同压力源与可能引发临时工 CWB 的情绪和认知反应之间的关系。