Navigating technological shifts: Worker perspectives on AI and emerging technologies impacting well-being

Hinks, Timothy

Abstract

This paper asks whether workers’ experience of working with new technologies and workers’ perceived threats of new technologies are associated with expected well-being. Using survey data for 25 OECD countries we find that both experiences of new technologies and threats of new technologies are associated with more concern about expected well-being. Controlling for the negative experiences of COVID-19 on workers and their macroeconomic outlook both mitigate these findings, but workers with negative experiences of working alongside and with new technologies still report lower expected well-being.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 2, 2024
• Online Publication Date: May 21, 2024
• Deposit Date: May 2, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 5, 2024
• Journal: AI and Society
• Print ISSN: 0951-5666
• Electronic ISSN: 1435-5655
• Publisher: Springer (part of Springer Nature)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-01962-8
• Keywords: New technologies, Well-being, Workers Experiences, Perceived Threats
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11974531