Anxiety about the speed of technological development: Effects on job insecurity, time estimation, and automation level preference

Serkan Erebak; Tülay Turgut

doi:10.1016/j.hitech.2021.100419

Anxiety about the speed of technological development: Effects on job insecurity, time estimation, and automation level preference

The Journal of High Technology Management Research ◽

10.1016/j.hitech.2021.100419 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 100419

Author(s):

Serkan Erebak ◽

Tülay Turgut

Keyword(s):

Job Insecurity ◽

Technological Development ◽

Time Estimation ◽

Automation Level

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Job insecurity and technology acceptance: an asymmetric dependence

Journal of Information Communication and Ethics in Society ◽

10.1108/jices-03-2021-0036 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Oxana Krutova ◽

Tuuli Turja ◽

Pertti Koistinen ◽

Harri Melin ◽

Tuomo Särkikoski

Keyword(s):

Technology Acceptance ◽

Working Conditions ◽

Job Insecurity ◽

Technological Development ◽

Industrial Relations ◽

Well Being ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Content Type ◽

Asymmetric Dependence ◽

Acceptance Model

Purpose Existing research suggests that the competitive advantage provided by technological development depends to a large extent on the speed and coordination of the technology’s implementation, and on how adoptable the technological applications are considered. While accepting this argument, the authors consider the explanatory model to be inadequate. This study aims to contribute to the theoretical discussion by analysing institutionalised industrial relations and other organisation-level factors, which are important for workplace restructuring and societal change. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is based on a representative nation-wide work and working conditions survey (N = 4,100) from Finland, which includes a variety of themes, including practices, changes and well-being at work. Changes are understood as organisational changes, focusing on modern technologies such as robotisation and digitalisation. Findings The results indicate that occupational division at workplace (low-skilled vs high-skilled occupations) affects job insecurity and acceptance of technologies at work. The characteristics of workplaces, such as the employees’ participation and involvement in the development of the organisation, play a significant part in both the acceptance and the implementation and outcomes of the technological transformations in the workplace. Practical implications The research provides new and interesting insights into working life practices. Furthermore, it reveals how technology acceptance and employment perspectives relate to working conditions and lessons learned from past reforms. Originality/value The authors consider current theories such as technology acceptance model at the micro level and that way rationalise the need for this study. This study shows the importance of individual, organisational and wider contextual factors in technology acceptance.

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Temporal decision making in complex environments

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rstb.1990.0099 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 327 (1241) ◽

pp. 569-576 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Field Study ◽

Technological Development ◽

Time Estimation ◽

Complex Environments ◽

Temporal Dimension ◽

Temporal Characteristics ◽

Study Results ◽

Basic Hypothesis ◽

Market Pressure

The basic hypothesis of the author is that under the influence of technological development and market pressure, situations take on temporal characteristics that are more and more difficult for the operator to control. The temporal strategies traditionally installed by the operator disappear, are transferred or transformed. Far from counterbalancing these phenomena, the displays, as they are designed in the workplace, obliterate the temporal dimension. The errors that are seen to appear are the product of a mismatch between the characteristics of the situation and the operator’s resources. Four mechanisms of time estimation are discussed. Field study results on temporal strategies, such as anticipation, assessment of a process evolution and planning adjustment are developed.

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Temporal Prediction Errors Affect Short-Term Memory Scanning Response Time

Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie) ◽

10.1027/1618-3169/a000339 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 63 (6) ◽

pp. 333-342

Author(s):

Roberto Limongi ◽

Angélica M. Silva

Keyword(s):

Response Time ◽

Short Term Memory ◽

Estimation Error ◽

Predictive Coding ◽

Time Estimation ◽

Prediction Errors ◽

Memory Scanning ◽

Short Term ◽

Term Memory ◽

Temporal Prediction

Abstract. The Sternberg short-term memory scanning task has been used to unveil cognitive operations involved in time perception. Participants produce time intervals during the task, and the researcher explores how task performance affects interval production – where time estimation error is the dependent variable of interest. The perspective of predictive behavior regards time estimation error as a temporal prediction error (PE), an independent variable that controls cognition, behavior, and learning. Based on this perspective, we investigated whether temporal PEs affect short-term memory scanning. Participants performed temporal predictions while they maintained information in memory. Model inference revealed that PEs affected memory scanning response time independently of the memory-set size effect. We discuss the results within the context of formal and mechanistic models of short-term memory scanning and predictive coding, a Bayes-based theory of brain function. We state the hypothesis that our finding could be associated with weak frontostriatal connections and weak striatal activity.

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