“…These workers are "employed because a company has an increased demand for a particular service or product or technology at a particular place at a specific time" (Freedman, 1988, p.1). Despite the consensus among researchers and practitioners that contingent workers fill a need (Boyce Ryan, Inus, & Morgenson, 2007;Burgess & Connell, 2006;Davis-Blake, Broschak, & George, 2003), there is evidence regarding the negative impact of the employment of these workers on attitudes and work behaviors within organizations. A major source of these issues relates to the difference in treatment between contingent workers and standard employees (Boyce et al, 2007;Broschak et al, 2008;Padavic, 2005;Williams, 1989).…”