APS

2026 APS Annual Convention

A Force for Equity or Control? Redefining Diversity and Stratification In the AI-Integrated Workplace

Friday, May 29, 2026 · Barcelona, Spain

Oral · Digital Life & Emerging Technology in Psychology

This symposium explores the complex intersection of AI and organizational diversity. The four papers examine AI’s potential to equalize class-based creative disparities, its risk of amplifying gendered surveillance effects, and the critical role of information accuracy in fostering trust, ultimately calling for a redefinition of diversity to include non-human agents.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Federico MagniChair
    Nanyang Technological University Singapore
  • Melody ChaoDiscussant
    Hong Kong University of Science & Technology

Presentations

  1. From Automation to Agency: How AI Usage Unlocks Creativity for Lower Social Class EmployeesGrace Lim, Federico Magni, Liuxin Yan
  2. The Gendered Effects of Surveillance Technologies on EmployeesJack Zhang, Nurul Hussain, Weiwei Shi, Yefei Feng, Wen-Xin Xie
  3. Extending the Definition of Organizational Diversity to Include Non-Human ActorsSydney Green, Heather Yang
  4. Unpacking the Effect of AI Transparency on Trust In AISitong Yu, Kang Yang Yu