David Brougham and Jarro Haar ( 2016) conducted a study about how Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Algorithms (STARA) could take away a third of jobs that exist today . It was said in the article that STARA would be dominating employment in the future however very little is known about how employees perceive these technological advancements in regards to their own careers and how they are preparing for these potential changes. Due on these potential workplace changes, the research highlighted three main purpose which are to develop a measure that captures STARA awareness; test STARA awareness to determine whether employees perceive it as a threat to their job/career; and determine what effect (if any) STARA has on a range of job and well-being outcomes of current employees. The participants were 120 employees . These was the number of respondents who responded over 420 online and physical surveys that was distributed which allocates to 28.6% response rate .In fact, the participants were 32.0 year old, married or in a relationship , female , and had job tenure of 4.9 years. Furthermore, the sample includes respondent who s worked 34.9 hour per week. This study used research assistants to distribute surveys which they used a combination of online and paper-based surveys (both surveys were identical) to collect the data . The data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple-regression and used an open- ended questionnaire as instrument . Additionally, this study imposed mixed- method approach . The findings were found that with a mean score of 1.7 (on a 1–5 scale), it appears that there is little belief in the idea of robots and automation taking over jobs in the workplace which means that employees in general do not perceive STARA to be a threat, unlike what well respected business people, scientists, and academics are predicting. Moreover, it also shows that if employees are more aware of STARA and its application to their job, they are more likely to have lower organizational dedication and career satisfaction which indicate that greater STARA awareness was not significantly related to organizational dedication and job satisfaction, and significantly related to turnover intentions, cynicism, and depression. The authors suggested future research should look to grow the sample size and also include employees from both the primary and secondary sectors. Consequently , the present study highlights the current state of how STARA is perceived regarding job and well-being outcomes thus future studies should be continued in this aspect
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