APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Perceptions of Automation and Refugees As Threats to Decent Work

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Industrial/Organizational

  • Sean Noble
    North Carolina State University
  • Jenna McChesney
    North Carolina State University
  • English Sall
    North Carolina State University
  • Lori Foster
    North Carolina State University

Abstract

We examined whether automation and refugees as job threats induce reactance, and if perceived threat negatively influences work volition and career adaptability as part of the Psychology of Working Theory (PWT). Our job threats failure to induce reactance. However, we demonstrate new empirical support for PWT.

Organizational/Workplace/Leadership

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