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Evidence (35 claims)

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Claims by outcome category

Counts by direction of finding. These are the same 34 outcome categories the Explorer compares and the Syntheses are written for. A linked row has a published synthesis.

Outcome Positive Negative Mixed Null Total
Other 882 244 117 1097 2424
Governance & Regulation 1010 469 229 135 1875
Organizational Efficiency 977 235 149 90 1462
Technology Adoption Rate 781 299 143 128 1362
Research Productivity 506 155 74 363 1110
Output Quality 555 219 71 70 915
Decision Quality 395 200 95 54 751
Firm Productivity 523 67 101 27 724
AI Safety & Ethics 262 309 75 36 688
Market Structure 195 201 135 30 566
Task Allocation 248 77 96 38 464
Innovation Output 300 34 55 20 411
Skill Acquisition 207 75 65 21 368
Employment Level 138 67 119 24 350
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 156 80 53 33 329
Task Completion Time 211 38 13 16 280
Firm Revenue 183 52 29 5 270
Consumer Welfare 131 77 48 13 269
Inequality Measures 50 141 54 9 254
Worker Satisfaction 104 85 25 13 227
Error Rate 87 112 11 5 215
Automation Exposure 69 69 37 20 198
Wages & Compensation 102 49 31 11 193
Team Performance 115 30 30 11 187
Regulatory Compliance 88 74 17 7 186
Training Effectiveness 109 22 14 21 168
Developer Productivity 116 21 15 8 161
Job Displacement 12 92 26 1 131
Hiring & Recruitment 57 12 9 5 83
Skill Obsolescence 6 59 10 2 77
Social Protection 43 17 8 2 70
Creative Output 35 21 9 4 70
Labor Share of Income 18 23 17 1 59
Worker Turnover 15 16 4 35
Industry 1 1
These factors (surveillance anxiety, loss of autonomy, deskilling) negatively affect worker well-being and contribute to turnover.
Secondary data literature review of peer-reviewed research and industry evidence published 2022–2026 (method: secondary data review / synthesis). The paper synthesizes prior empirical and theoretical studies but does not report an original sample size.
high negative Redefining warehouse workforce competencies and roles throug... worker well-being and turnover
Incumbent workers in more robot-exposed industries are unlikely to transition outside manufacturing over 2014-2021.
Longitudinal worker-level analysis of the 2014 manufacturing cohort through 2021 showing low rates of transition out of manufacturing for workers in higher-exposure industries (administrative employer-employee data).
high negative Robots, Employment and Wages: Evidence from Turkish Labor Ma... probability of transitioning out of manufacturing
Secure attachment further moderated the indirect effect of organizational AI adoption on employees' turnover intentions via identity threat (i.e., it attenuated the mediated effect).
Moderated mediation (conditional indirect effect) analysis reported on three-wave survey data of 312 employees; secure attachment reported to weaken the indirect AI adoption → identity threat → turnover intentions pathway.
The study identifies specific retention issues including rigid work practices, a predominantly masculine culture, and occurrences of bullying and harassment.
Findings from thematic analysis of 23 interviews using NVivo 13; participants' accounts raised these specific themes as retention-related issues.
high negative Exploring digital’s role in retaining women in construction presence of workplace practices and culture (rigid practices, masculine culture,...
Workplace stress is associated with lower employee retention.
PLS-SEM analysis on a cross-sectional survey of N = 350 pharmaceutical workers in Karnataka, India (purposive sampling). Reported direct path: Stress → Retention, β = 0.321, p < 0.001. (Note: the paper interprets this as stress reducing retention; sign/coding conventions of the variables are not detailed in the summary.)
high negative AI-driven stress management and performance optimization: A ... employee retention (retention intent/behavior)
There is sizable attrition in the pipeline from applicant admission through to direct employment of AI graduates, indicating leakages at multiple stages (application → admission → graduation → employment).
Quantification of human-resource losses across pipeline stages using the monitoring dataset for the 191 institutions; descriptive counts/percentages of entrants, admitted students, graduates, and those directly employed in AI roles (pipeline loss metrics reported in paper).
high negative Employment og Graduates of Educational Programs in the Field... Attrition rates / absolute losses at sequential pipeline stages (applicants → ad...
Onboarding and retention are unchanged after adoption.
Difference-in-differences estimates comparing onboarding and retention metrics between adopting projects and matched non-adopting controls; reported as no significant change post-adoption.
high null result Decoupling Code Complexity from Newcomer Participation: A Ca... onboarding and retention of newcomers
The study shifts retention analysis from descriptive correlations and surveys toward actionable, employee-level predictions and policy evaluation.
Combination of objective HR records (IBM dataset), predictive modeling (logistic regression), calibration, XAI tools (SHAP, LIME), and counterfactual policy simulations to evaluate intervention effects at individual and aggregate levels.
high null result Explainable AI for Employee Retention in Green Human Resourc... operationalization of predictive, actionable attrition estimates (methodological...
Local explainability (SHAP and LIME) can identify employee-specific intervention levers for targeted retention actions.
Use of SHAP and LIME for local explanations of individual predictions; counterfactual simulations applied at the employee level to estimate impact of feature changes on that employee's calibrated attrition probability.
high null result Explainable AI for Employee Retention in Green Human Resourc... employee-level change in predicted attrition probability (used to prioritize int...
Anxious attachment further moderated the indirect effect of organizational AI adoption on employees' turnover intentions via identity threat (i.e., it strengthened the mediated effect).
Moderated mediation (conditional indirect effect) analysis reported on three-wave survey data of 312 employees; anxious attachment reported to strengthen the indirect AI adoption → identity threat → turnover intentions pathway.
Identity threat is positively associated with employees' turnover intentions.
Reported positive relationship between identity threat and turnover intentions in the three-wave survey analyses (N=312), as part of the mediation model.
Identity threat mediated the relationship between organizational AI adoption and employees' turnover intentions.
Mediation analysis reported on three-wave survey data of 312 employees (longitudinal/self-report); the paper states identity threat served as a mediator between organizational AI adoption and turnover intentions.
By employing ANT, the research underscores the strategic potential of digital technologies in addressing systemic challenges within the construction sector and offers practical strategies for firms to improve retention by focusing on respect, support, and perceived value.
Interpretation and recommendations derived from the socio-technical framework and thematic interview findings (23 interviews); policy/practice suggestions are proposed in the paper.
high positive Exploring digital’s role in retaining women in construction strategic potential and recommended interventions to improve retention via RSV-f...
Higher job performance is positively associated with greater employee retention.
PLS-SEM analysis, N = 350. Reported direct path: Performance → Retention, β = 0.348, p < 0.001.
Enhanced gross‑flows estimation using longitudinal microdata can better track transitions (job-to-job, upskilling, unemployment spells) and measure occupational churn and reallocation.
Established econometric practice cited in paper; recommendation to use panel/admin microdata (CPS longitudinal supplements, LEHD/LODES, UI records); no new empirical results but aligns with standard methods.
high positive Enhancing BLS Methodologies for Projecting AI's Impact on Em... transition rates, spell durations, occupation-to-occupation flows, upskilling in...
Counterfactual simulations show that modest salary increases have a smaller effect on predicted attrition than eliminating overtime (in this dataset and model).
Comparative counterfactual experiments run on the calibrated logistic model: simulations altering salary vs. altering overtime feature; reported that overtime elimination outperforms modest pay increases in retained headcount and probability reductions (exact salary-change amounts and comparative numbers not given in the summary).
medium negative Explainable AI for Employee Retention in Green Human Resourc... change in predicted attrition probability and aggregated retained headcount unde...
In the dataset used, eliminating overtime could potentially retain about 31 employees — a larger effect than modest salary increases.
Aggregated counterfactual simulation on the IBM HR Analytics dataset: after setting overtime to zero for applicable records, the model-predicted net retained headcount ≈ 31; compared to simulations of modest salary increases which yielded smaller retained headcount (exact salary-change magnitude and headcount numbers not provided).
medium negative Explainable AI for Employee Retention in Green Human Resourc... predicted retained headcount (number of employees whose attrition probability fa...
Eliminating overtime could lower predicted attrition probability by 17.35% for affected employees (per the model's counterfactual simulation).
Counterfactual policy simulation using the calibrated logistic model on the IBM HR Analytics dataset: set overtime feature to zero for affected employees and compute change in each employee's calibrated attrition probability; reported average reduction = 17.35%.
medium negative Explainable AI for Employee Retention in Green Human Resourc... change in calibrated predicted attrition probability (percentage point reduction...
AI-justified layoffs are driven more by managerial short-termism and misaligned executive incentives than by immediate technological necessity.
Interdisciplinary conceptual synthesis drawing on labor-economics theory, organizational behavior literature linking executive compensation/short-termism to layoffs, and selected prior empirical studies; no new firm-level causal identification or large-scale dataset provided.
medium negative A Shorter Workweek as a Policy Response to AI-Driven Labor D... frequency/extent of layoffs attributed to AI (vs. attributable to managerial inc...
Extensive AI use correlates with increased turnover intention among employees.
Paper reports correlations observed in recent large-scale surveys and organizational research; the excerpt does not provide correlation coefficients, sample sizes, or control variables.
medium negative When AI Assistance Becomes Cognitive Overload: Understanding... turnover intention (self-reported intent to leave)
The IT sector is currently witnessing significant workforce restructuring, including employee layoffs, necessitating a critical reassessment of existing competency mapping frameworks.
Asserted in the paper as a motivating observation; no specific layoffs data or statistics provided in the excerpt.
medium negative Economic Implications of Adopting Artificial Intelligence fo... workforce restructuring indicators (e.g., layoffs, reorganization) and adequacy ...
More experienced translators appear more likely to exit the market after ChatGPT’s launch than less experienced translators.
Heterogeneous (subgroup) analysis by experience level within the translation market reported in the paper; evidence presumably from DiD estimates of exit/participation rates across experience levels. (Exact sample sizes and exit definitions not provided in the abstract.)
medium negative Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Has the Inflection Point A... market exit / participation (likelihood of leaving the translation market) by tr...
Displacement often occurs faster than job creation and worker reallocation, producing transitional unemployment and skills gaps.
Temporal-mismatch argument based on historical patterns of technological adoption and task-based substitution theory; paper synthesizes prior theoretical work rather than presenting new time-series microdata or measured reallocation speeds.
medium negative Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Employment Dynamics... transitional unemployment; duration of joblessness; measures of reallocation spe...
Creation of new jobs often lags displacement, producing transitional unemployment and reallocation frictions in the short- to medium-term.
Dynamic/task-based theoretical framing and synthesis of empirical evidence on technology adoption episodes showing delayed job creation relative to displacement.
medium negative Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and Employment Dynamics... transitional unemployment rates, duration of unemployment, reallocation flows
An interpretable logistic-regression model, calibrated with isotonic regression, produces well-calibrated, individual-level attrition probabilities suitable for policy simulation.
Modeling pipeline: logistic regression for prediction, isotonic regression for calibration; authors report strong predictive performance and well-calibrated probabilities (specific performance metrics not included in the provided summary).
medium null result Explainable AI for Employee Retention in Green Human Resourc... calibrated predicted probability of attrition (model calibration/readiness)
"Augmented Intelligence" models, which combine human contextual judgment with algorithmic precision, reduce attrition by 22% compared with complete automation.
Reported comparative result in the paper's analysis (paper claims comparative attrition rates between augmented and fully automated approaches; exact data source not explicitly tied to one of the stated samples in the abstract).
medium positive Augmented Intelligence: Resolving the AI integration-obsoles... employee attrition (turnover)
Main drivers of attrition identified by the model are overtime, business-travel frequency, and promotion opportunities (each having higher influence than salary).
Feature importance analyses using permutation importance and aggregated SHAP values on the fitted logistic-regression model trained on the IBM HR Analytics dataset.
medium positive Explainable AI for Employee Retention in Green Human Resourc... relative influence of features on predicted attrition probability
Non-monetary workplace factors (excessive overtime, frequent business travel, limited promotion opportunities) are stronger predictors of individual attrition risk than salary.
Interpretable logistic-regression model trained on the IBM HR Analytics dataset; global importance assessed using aggregated SHAP values and permutation importance to rank predictors. (Exact sample size and numeric importance ranks not provided in the summary.)
medium positive Explainable AI for Employee Retention in Green Human Resourc... individual attrition risk (predicted probability of attrition)
Hybrid translation models produced approximately 20% higher retention rates relative to conventional methods.
Reported comparative retention-rate analysis from the study's quantitative dataset (survey of 150 LEP immigrants and placement/retention tracking) analyzed in SPSS v28.
medium positive Translation Models Empowering Immigrant Workforce Integratio... retention rate (worker retention over measured period)
The Photo Big 5 predicts job transitions.
Analysis linking Photo Big 5 scores to observed job transitions (moves between jobs) among the MBA graduate sample (n ≈ 96,000).
Workers who reported clear career pathways, internal mobility, and opportunities to apply newly acquired skills demonstrated higher optimism and stronger retention intentions.
Subgroup analyses within the 5,000-worker survey showing that respondents reporting clear career pathways, internal mobility, and opportunities to apply new skills had higher career optimism scores and greater self-reported retention intentions.
medium positive Leveraging Career Optimism to Enhance Employee Well-Being career optimism; retention intentions
Estimating micro-level gross flows at occupation × industry × geography × demographic granularity (and at higher frequency) will better capture transitions such as reemployment paths, upskilling, and churn.
Proposal to use CPS, LEHD/LODES, JOLTS, administrative unemployment records and firm panels to estimate high-resolution flows. No empirical estimates or sample-size specifics provided.
medium positive Enhancing BLS Methodologies for Projecting AI's Impact on Em... gross flow rates (job-to-job, unemployment-to-employment, occupation-to-occupati...
AI-enabled upskilling and AI-guided procedures weaken the negative effect of workplace stress on employee retention (AI moderates the stress→retention link).
Moderation test in PLS-SEM on N = 350. Reported moderator effect (AI × Stress → Retention): β = 0.078, p < 0.005 (interpreted as a buffering/weakening effect of AI interventions on the stress→retention relationship).
Predictive analytics enhances workforce resilience by forecasting turnover, absenteeism, and skill gaps.
Theme extracted from multiple included studies that report or evaluate predictive models for turnover, absenteeism, and skills forecasting (synthesis across reviewed literature).
medium positive Data-Driven Strategies in Human Resource Management: The Rol... predicted turnover rates, absenteeism, identified skill gaps
Job insecurity rises when FDI is short‑term, footloose, or concentrated in capital‑intensive extractive projects.
Conceptual arguments and empirical examples in the review linking investment temporariness and capital intensity to higher job instability; empirical evidence less comprehensive and context-specific.
low negative Foreign Direct Investment, Labor Markets, and Income Distrib... job security, job tenure, employment volatility