Future of Work with Robots

Research Papers on Robots in the Workplace

Journal Articles 

You, S. and Robert, L. P. (2024). Trusting and Working with Robots: A Relational Demography Theory of Preference for Robotic over Human Co-Workers, MIS Quarterly, (forthcoming) https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2023/17403, (pdf) copy provided by the author: https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/7223.

 You, S. and Robert, L. P. (2023). Subgroup Formation in Human-Robot Teams: A Multi-Study Mixed Method Approach with Implications for Theory and Practice, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, (pdf), 74(3), 323-338, open access link https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24626.

Paul, S., Yuan, L., Jain, H. K., Robert, L. P., Spohrer, J., and Lifshitz-Assaf, H. (2022). Intelligence Augmentation: Human Factors in AI and Future of Work, AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 14(3), 426-445 (pdf), https://doi.org/10.17705/1thci.00174 link to the copy provided by the author: https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/6494.

Esterwood, C. and Robert, L. P. (2021). Robots and COVID-19: Re-imagining Human–Robot Collaborative Work in Terms of Reducing Risks to Essential Workers, Robonomics: The Journal of the Automated Economy, (pdf), 1, 9, forthcoming, link to the copy provided by the author: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/165332.

You, S., Kim, J., Lee, S., Kamat, V., Robert, L. P. (2018). Enhancing Perceived Safety in Human–Robot Collaborative Construction Using Immersive Virtual Environments, Automation in Construction (AutoCon), 96, pp.161-170 (pdf),  link to the article on publisher's site: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2018.09.008 link to copy provided by the author: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/145620.

Published Conference Proceedings 

Bhatti, S. C., Jain, A. and Robert, L.P. (2024). Meaningful to Work with A Robot? A Quantitative Exploration Using the Job Characteristics Model among Restaurant Employees, 35th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (pdf), University of Canberra, ACT, Australia, December 4-6, 2024. https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2024/104 and open access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/24620.

Bhatti, S. C., Jain, A. and Robert, L.P. (2024). Working with Robots in Restaurants: Job Responsibility and Work Motivation Changes, Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2024), (pdf), Aug 26 - Aug 30, 2024, Pasadena, CA. open access version: https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/23336.

Jain, A., Bhatti, S. C., and Robert, L.P. (2024). Service Robots in Restaurants: Anticipated Changes in Employee Feedback, Performance, Satisfaction, and Turnover Intention, Proceedings of the 30th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2024), (pdf),  Aug 15-17, 2024, Salt Lake City, UT. https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/23357.

You, S. and Robert, L. P. (2018). Human-Robot Similarity and Willingness to Work with a Robotic Co-Worker, Proceedings of the 13th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI 2018), (Acceptance rate: 23%), (pdf), March 5–8, 2018, Chicago, IL, USA, copy provided by the author: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/140719 and the link to the ACM Digital Library: https://doi.org/10.1145/3171221.3171281.