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Using robots at work during the COVID-19 crisis evokes passion decay: Evidence from field and experimental studies
Pok Man Tang1, Joel Koopman2, Hillary Anger Elfenbein3
1University of Georgia Athens Georgia USA.
Applied Psychology = Psychologie Appliquee
|May 23, 2022
Summary
Increased robot-employee interaction may decrease job passion, leading to withdrawal. However, employees high in openness to experience are less affected by this passion decay.
Area of Science:
- Organizational Behavior
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Psychology
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated robot integration into workplaces for efficiency and health.
- This integration may lead to increased work routinization and standardization.
- The impact on employee passion and withdrawal behaviors requires investigation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the effect of human-robot interaction on employee passion.
- To examine the relationship between passion decay and withdrawal behaviors.
- To identify individual differences, such as openness to experience, that may moderate this relationship.
Main Methods:
- Developed and tested a theoretical model based on the passion decay model.
- Conducted a multi-source, multi-wave field study in Hong Kong (Study 1).
- Performed a simulation-based experiment in the United States (Study 2).
Main Results:
- Increased human-robot interaction was associated with a decay in employee passion.
- Passion decay predicted increased withdrawal behaviors from both work and family domains.
- Employees higher in openness to experience exhibited less passion decay when interacting with robots.
Conclusions:
- Human-robot collaboration can negatively impact employee passion and increase withdrawal.
- Openness to experience acts as a protective factor against passion decay in human-robot work environments.
- Organizations should consider individual differences when implementing robot-employee integration to mitigate negative consequences.
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