Constructs and items
| Construct | Item code | Item |
|---|---|---|
| Considering MTurk work, answer the following questions | ||
| Time pressure (Irmer et al., 2019) | TP1 | How often are you pressed for time |
| TP2 | How often do you have to work faster than normal in order to complete your work | |
| TP3 | How often must you miss or delay a break because of having too much work to do | |
| TP4 | How often must you finish work later because of having too much to do | |
| TP5 | How often is a fast pace of work, required of you | |
| Challenge technostressors (Benlian, 2020) | How often did you experience the following stressful demands induced or mediated by ICTs in your work | |
| CTS1 | Complete a lot of work with ICT. | |
| CTS2 | Accomplish lots of work tasks with ICT. | |
| CTS3 | Work fast with ICT. | |
| CTS4 | Work at a rapid pace with ICT to complete all of my tasks | |
| CTS5 | Learn new ICT skills and abilities | |
| CTS6 | Use a broad set of ICT skills and abilities | |
| CTS7 | Solve complex problems with ICT. | |
| CTS8 | Multitask assigned tasks/projects with ICT. | |
| Hindrance technostressors (Benlian, 2020) | How often did you experience the following stressful demands induced or mediated by ICTs in your work | |
| HTS1 | Encounter major troubles or hassles (e.g. breakdown, crash, malfunctions) with ICT. | |
| HTS2 | Work with constraints imposed by ICT (e.g. lack of features, slow response times, security-related demands) to complete work tasks | |
| HTS3 | Having inadequate/insufficient ICT resources (e.g. available devices or applications) to accomplish tasks | |
| HTS4 | Cope with uncertainties about skills and abilities in using ICT. | |
| HTS5 | Get to grips with complex/unclear ICT functionalities and corresponding instructions or documentations | |
| HTS6 | Change work procedures to adapt to new ICT. | |
| HTS7 | Handle conflicting expectations about using ICT for being available and responsive | |
| HTS8 | Deal with interruptions and distractions caused by ICT. | |
| Time distortion (Pelet et al., 2017) | TD1 | Time seems to go by very quickly when I use MTurk |
| TD2 | When I use MTurk, I tend to lose track of time | |
| Meaningful work (May et al., 2004) | MW1 | MTurk activities are significant to me |
| MW2 | The work I do on MTurk is meaningful to me | |
| MW3 | MTurk activities are personally meaningful to me | |
| MW4 | The work I do on MTurk is worthwhile | |
| MW5 | I feel that the work I do on MTurk is valuable | |
| Construct | Item code | Item |
|---|---|---|
| Considering MTurk work, answer the following questions | ||
| Time pressure ( | TP1 | How often are you pressed for time |
| TP2 | How often do you have to work faster than normal in order to complete your work | |
| TP3 | How often must you miss or delay a break because of having too much work to do | |
| TP4 | How often must you finish work later because of having too much to do | |
| TP5 | How often is a fast pace of work, required of you | |
| Challenge technostressors ( | How often did you experience the following stressful demands induced or mediated by ICTs in your work | |
| CTS1 | Complete a lot of work with ICT. | |
| CTS2 | Accomplish lots of work tasks with ICT. | |
| CTS3 | Work fast with ICT. | |
| CTS4 | Work at a rapid pace with ICT to complete all of my tasks | |
| CTS5 | Learn new ICT skills and abilities | |
| CTS6 | Use a broad set of ICT skills and abilities | |
| CTS7 | Solve complex problems with ICT. | |
| CTS8 | Multitask assigned tasks/projects with ICT. | |
| Hindrance technostressors ( | How often did you experience the following stressful demands induced or mediated by ICTs in your work | |
| HTS1 | Encounter major troubles or hassles (e.g. breakdown, crash, malfunctions) with ICT. | |
| HTS2 | Work with constraints imposed by ICT (e.g. lack of features, slow response times, security-related demands) to complete work tasks | |
| HTS3 | Having inadequate/insufficient ICT resources (e.g. available devices or applications) to accomplish tasks | |
| HTS4 | Cope with uncertainties about skills and abilities in using ICT. | |
| HTS5 | Get to grips with complex/unclear ICT functionalities and corresponding instructions or documentations | |
| HTS6 | Change work procedures to adapt to new ICT. | |
| HTS7 | Handle conflicting expectations about using ICT for being available and responsive | |
| HTS8 | Deal with interruptions and distractions caused by ICT. | |
| Time distortion ( | TD1 | Time seems to go by very quickly when I use MTurk |
| TD2 | When I use MTurk, I tend to lose track of time | |
| Meaningful work ( | MW1 | MTurk activities are significant to me |
| MW2 | The work I do on MTurk is meaningful to me | |
| MW3 | MTurk activities are personally meaningful to me | |
| MW4 | The work I do on MTurk is worthwhile | |
| MW5 | I feel that the work I do on MTurk is valuable | |
Note(s): Participants were instructed that for the purpose of this study references to your “job” and your “work” referred to the use of MTurk
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