Using robots at work during the COVID-19 crisis evokes passion decay Evidence from field and experimental studies.pdf (1.37 MB)
Using robots at work during the COVID-19 crisis evokes passion decay: evidence from field and experimental studies
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posted on 2023-06-10, 06:57 authored by Pok M Tang, Joel Koopman, Hillary A Elfenbein, Jack H Zhang, David De Cremer, Chi H Li, Elsa T ChanThe growing trend of introducing robots into employees' work lives has become increasingly salient during the global COVID-19 pandemic. In light of this pandemic, it is likely that organisational decision-makers are seeing value in coupling employees with robots for both efficiency- and health-related reasons. An unintended consequence of this coupling, however, may be an increased level of work routinisation and standardisation. We draw primarily from the model of passion decay from the relationship and clinical psychology literature to develop theory and test a model arguing that passion decays as employees increasingly interact with robots for their work activities. We demonstrate that this passion decay leads to an increase of withdrawal behaviour from both the domains of work and family. Drawing further from the model of passion decay, we reveal that employees higher in openness to experience are less likely to suffer from passion decay upon more frequent interactions with robots in the course of work. Across a multi-source, multi-wave field study conducted in Hong Kong (Study 1) and a simulation-based experiment conducted in the United States (Study 2), our hypotheses received support. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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Applied PsychologyISSN
0269-994XPublisher
WileyExternal DOI
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3Volume
71Page range
881-911Event location
EnglandDepartment affiliated with
- Management Publications
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2023-05-02First Open Access (FOA) Date
2023-05-02First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2023-05-02Usage metrics
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