A5083996814- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Management and Organizational Studies
- Information Systems Theories and Implementation
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
University of California, Santa Barbara
2021-2022
Intelligent technologies have the potential to transform organizations and organizing processes. In particular, they are unique from prior organizational in that reposition technology as agent rather than a tool or object of use. Scholars studying human-machine communication (HMC) begun theorize dual role played by human machine agency, but focused primarily on individual level. Drawing Structuration Theory (Giddens, 1984), we propose theoretical framework explain agency HMC process...
Exoskeletons are an emerging form of technology that combines the skills both machines and humans to give wearers ability complete physically demanding tasks would be too strenuous for most humans. Exoskeleton adoption has potential enhance disrupt many aspects work, including power dynamics in workplace human-machine interactions take place. Dyadic Power Theory (DPT) is a useful theory exploring impacts exoskeleton adoption. In this conceptual paper, we extend DPT relationships between...