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Evidence (220 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 870 233 116 1066 2363
Governance & Regulation 976 451 218 133 1809
Organizational Efficiency 949 224 144 88 1416
Technology Adoption Rate 764 287 141 122 1325
Research Productivity 501 152 74 362 1101
Output Quality 542 216 69 69 896
Decision Quality 387 198 94 54 740
Firm Productivity 513 67 101 27 714
AI Safety & Ethics 249 303 73 36 667
Market Structure 190 192 134 27 548
Task Allocation 243 77 91 36 452
Innovation Output 291 33 55 20 401
Skill Acquisition 206 72 65 21 364
Employment Level 133 63 115 22 335
Fiscal & Macroeconomic 153 79 52 32 323
Task Completion Time 206 37 12 15 272
Firm Revenue 179 52 29 5 266
Consumer Welfare 130 76 47 13 266
Inequality Measures 48 137 51 6 242
Worker Satisfaction 101 81 25 13 220
Error Rate 84 110 11 5 210
Wages & Compensation 98 47 30 10 185
Regulatory Compliance 88 73 17 7 185
Automation Exposure 66 64 33 16 182
Team Performance 105 29 30 11 176
Training Effectiveness 109 22 14 21 168
Developer Productivity 114 21 14 8 158
Job Displacement 12 90 24 1 127
Hiring & Recruitment 57 9 9 5 80
Skill Obsolescence 6 56 9 1 72
Social Protection 43 17 8 2 70
Creative Output 35 21 9 4 70
Labor Share of Income 18 21 17 1 57
Worker Turnover 15 16 4 35
Industry 1 1
Practitioners sharply disagree about how coding agents change code review: whether review becomes the bottleneck, whether human review remains necessary, and whether agents erode the understanding that review once built.
Synthesis of practitioner discourse at scale via collected grey-literature (engineering blogs and Reddit threads) and a coded sample; claim summarizes observed disagreement in practitioner sources.
high mixed 3100 Opinions on Code Review in an AI World: Building Causal... practitioner opinions about code review effects
These patterns suggest a commoditization effect of AI on labor, with implications for online labor market design, workers' incentives to invest in human capital, and labor welfare.
Interpretation synthesized from the three empirical findings above (decline in human-capital importance, rise in price importance, decline in demand premium for high-human-capital workers, and reallocation toward lower-priced workers). This is presented as the paper's conceptual/mechanistic conclusion and policy implication rather than a separately tested causal estimate. (Empirical basis: Upwork analysis and difference-in-differences; sample size not reported in abstract.)
high mixed Human Capital, AI, and Labor Commoditization commoditization of labor and its implications for worker incentives and welfare
Dominant comments shifted in tone from mockery toward gatekeeping and structural protest.
Speech-act coding of 300 confirmed accusations and sentiment/trajectory analysis showing relative decline in mockery-coded acts and increase in gatekeeping/structural-protest acts over time.
high mixed "That's AI Slop, You Bot!" Studying Accusations, Evidence, a... speech-act/tone categories (mockery vs gatekeeping vs structural protest)
There is a significant U-shaped relationship between AI application and employees' job insecurity: moderate AI application reduces insecurity, whereas excessive application heightens it.
Empirical analysis of cross-sectional self-reported questionnaire data collected from employees (411 valid responses) using regression-type analyses reported as showing a significant U-shaped relationship between AI application intensity and job insecurity.
This research employed a vignette experiment to investigate how the embeddedness of GenAI and organizational authorization impact employees' negative emotion (specifically guilt) and risk perception.
Stated method in paper: a vignette experiment was used to test effects on guilt and risk perception. (No sample size reported in the provided text.)
Algorithmic systems for productivity and performance monitoring generate efficiencies but also create new pressures in technology-mediated work environments, including the tracking of employees’ emotional and physiological responses at work and during non-work time.
Literature synthesis and citations (e.g. Giermindl et al., 2022; McCartney and Fu, 2022; Norlander et al., 2021; Downie et al., 2025).
high mixed Guest editorial: STARA (smart technology, AI, robotics and a... productivity monitoring effects; employee pressures and well-being implications
Acquiescent silence (resignation-based) is motivationally distinct from defensive (fear-driven) silence.
Theoretical distinction advanced using organisational silence literature (conceptual claim referencing existing theory).
high mixed Algorithmic Management and Acquiescent Silence: The Mediatin... type of silence (acquiescent vs defensive)
AI opacity, automation intensity, anthropomorphic and affective design features, and the degree of human-centered system design are determinant factors shaping users' psychological responses to human–AI collaboration.
Authors' synthesis from reviewed empirical and theoretical studies highlighting design and system characteristics associated with psychological outcomes.
high mixed Yapay Zeka Sistemleri ve İnsan İşbirliğinin Psikolojik, Sosy... users' psychological responses (e.g., trust, anxiety, engagement)
The interdisciplinary literature identifies technostress, automation fatigue, cognitive overload, algorithmic anxiety, overtrust, and responsibility ambiguity as key phenomena arising from integration of AI systems and AI-enabled robots into collaborative human work environments.
Synthesis of interdisciplinary peer-reviewed studies (systematic review); topics extracted from reviewed papers as reported by the authors.
high mixed Yapay Zeka Sistemleri ve İnsan İşbirliğinin Psikolojik, Sosy... presence/prevalence of psychological and social phenomena (e.g., technostress, a...
The reviewer-effort collapse creates a welfare misalignment: authors benefit from a weakened 'rat race' while editors suffer from degraded signal informativeness.
Comparative statics and welfare analysis in the theoretical model showing authors' equilibrium payoffs rise as competition/polishing dissipates, while editor's signal informativeness declines due to lower reviewer effort.
high mixed Buying the Right to Monitor:Editorial Design in AI-Assisted ... welfare for authors (utility/payoff) and informativeness of editorial signals
Social, cultural, and ethical considerations influence women’s engagement in AI-centric workplaces.
Claim made in the review, based on interdisciplinary literature that includes sociocultural analyses and ethical discussions; the abstract does not provide empirical effect estimates or sample sizes.
high mixed Artificial Intelligence and GenderedEmployment: Reviewing Op... women's engagement in AI-centric workplaces
Sensitivity analyses indicate the observed positive belief changes likely reflect recovery from carry-over effects rather than genuine training-induced shifts.
Authors' sensitivity analyses discussed in the paper that examined alternative explanations (e.g., carry-over effects) and concluded the belief-change result is likely due to recovery from such effects.
high mixed Scaffolding Human-AI Collaboration: A Field Experiment on Be... validity of belief-change effect (source attribution: training vs. carry-over re...
Qualitative results underscored both perceived benefits in comprehension and challenges when interpretations of gaze behaviors were inaccurate.
Qualitative analysis of participant feedback from the study (n=36) reporting themes of improved comprehension and occasional problems when the assistant misinterpreted gaze.
high mixed From Gaze to Guidance: Interpreting and Adapting to Users' C... participant-reported benefits and challenges (qualitative themes)
AI adoption has an inverted U-shaped effect on employee-related corporate social responsibility (ECSR).
Panel regression with quadratic specification (AI and AI^2) showing statistically significant positive coefficient on AI and statistically significant negative coefficient on AI^2; sample of 2,575 Chinese listed firms observed 2013–2023; controls, firm and/or year fixed effects and robustness checks reported.
high mixed Attention to Whom? AI Adoption and Corporate Social Responsi... Employee-related corporate social responsibility (ECSR)
Algorithmic management reduces worker autonomy (loss of autonomy) in warehouse settings.
Secondary data literature review of peer-reviewed research and industry evidence published 2022–2026 (method: secondary data review / synthesis). Sample sizes not reported in this paper.
high negative Redefining warehouse workforce competencies and roles throug... worker autonomy under algorithmic management
Algorithmic management in automated logistics generates surveillance anxiety among workers.
Secondary data literature review of peer-reviewed research and industry evidence published 2022–2026 (method: secondary data review / synthesis). No sample size given.
high negative Redefining warehouse workforce competencies and roles throug... surveillance anxiety / worker psychological response to algorithmic management
The paper identifies an emergent phenomenon called 'Precariousness 2.0' — a state of manufactured uncertainty characterized by loss of professional autonomy and chronic anxiety among workers.
Conceptual/qualitative construct developed in the paper from synthesis of secondary reports and national observations; no primary survey data cited supporting prevalence or magnitude.
high negative AI AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE LABOR MARKET: THE SOCIAL CO... professional autonomy and worker anxiety (qualitative precarity)
Longer system responses and more information-providing turns negatively affect user satisfaction.
Statistical modeling of user satisfaction using features of multi-turn interactions (response length, number of information-providing turns) derived from the 49 participant sessions; models show negative associations reported in the paper.
Data workers in Kenya report direct employment by big tech corporations and exposure to graphic content.
Qualitative interviews / responses from data workers in Kenya collected and reported in the paper.
high negative How Hyper-Datafication Impacts the Sustainability Costs in F... employment relationship (direct employment by big tech) and exposure to graphic ...
Hyper-datafication systematically redistributes labour risks and representational harms toward the Global South.
Qualitative responses from data workers in Kenya describing labour conditions and exposure; analysis of language data representation; external data on global data centre infrastructure and geography.
high negative How Hyper-Datafication Impacts the Sustainability Costs in F... labour risks (e.g., exposure to graphic content) and representational harms in l...
Algorithmic management introduces significant challenges related to fairness, transparency, and worker dignity.
Synthesis of qualitative interview findings (16 gig workers and 21 stakeholders) interpreted through a social justice framework.
high negative The Algorithmic-Human Manager: AI, Apps, and Workers in the ... fairness, transparency, worker dignity
In the production stage, workers lose decision-making power.
Theoretical analysis of production relations using Marxist reproduction framework; qualitative claim without reported empirical data.
high negative Challenges and Reconstruction of Human-Machine Collaboration... Workers' decision-making power
Secure attachment negatively moderated the relationship between organizational AI adoption and identity threat (i.e., higher secure attachment reduced the AI adoption → identity threat effect).
Moderation analysis (interaction effect) reported in the three-wave survey data (N=312); secure attachment reported to negatively moderate the AI adoption to identity threat path.
Women in UK construction continue to face major retention challenges driven by structural biases that lead to feelings of disrespect, insufficient support, and being undervalued.
Thematic analysis of 23 qualitative interviews with women involved in digitally enabled projects; participants reported experiences and perceptions related to retention and workplace culture.
high negative Exploring digital’s role in retaining women in construction feelings of respect, support, and value (RSV) as drivers of retention
Interactive effects and dynamic vicious cycles exist among the three mechanisms: temporal loss of control amplifies the physiological effects of temporal predation, while temporal acceleration intensifies the psychological effects of temporal loss of control.
Theoretical interaction hypotheses articulated in the framework based on cross-model synthesis and literature discussion; no empirical interaction tests presented in the abstract.
high negative Predation, acceleration, and loss of control: a multilevel t... amplified physiological and psychological harms (interaction effects between mec...
Temporal loss of control is expected to contribute to depression and to heighten occupational injury risk, with learned helplessness and the depletion of cognitive resources as key mediating processes.
Theoretical claim derived from integrating Karasek’s demand-control model and job demands-resources literature; proposed mediators and outcomes come from conceptual argument and cited studies rather than new empirical tests.
high negative Predation, acceleration, and loss of control: a multilevel t... depression and occupational injury risk
Temporal acceleration and discipline are theorized to undermine mental health, giving rise to anxiety and burnout via time panic and emotional exhaustion.
Framework/theoretical argument grounded in integration of Rosa’s social acceleration and psychological job-stress models; claim supported by referenced literature but no new empirical data reported in the abstract.
high negative Predation, acceleration, and loss of control: a multilevel t... anxiety and burnout (mental health outcomes)
Temporal predation primarily damages physiological health—manifesting as cardiovascular strain and musculoskeletal injuries—through the mediating pathway of chronic fatigue.
Theoretical proposition based on literature synthesis and mediation logic presented in the framework; no primary empirical data or sample size reported in the article text provided.
high negative Predation, acceleration, and loss of control: a multilevel t... cardiovascular strain and musculoskeletal injuries (physiological health outcome...
Algorithmic time politics damages occupational health through three interconnected mechanisms—temporal predation, temporal acceleration and discipline, and temporal loss of control—which form a progressive chain from 'the quantity of time' through 'the quality of time' to 'the sovereignty over time.'
Theoretical multilevel framework developed by the article combining disciplinary theory, social acceleration theory, job demand-control and job demands-resources models and literature review; no empirical testing reported.
high negative Predation, acceleration, and loss of control: a multilevel t... occupational health (aggregate of physical and mental health outcomes of platfor...
In platform labor, algorithms reshape workers’ perception and control of time through mechanisms such as dynamic pricing, compulsory task assignment, time-limit compression, and real-time surveillance, giving rise to a novel power formation—“algorithmic time politics.”
Conceptual/theoretical claim constructed by the article via literature integration and argumentation (synthesis of Foucault, Rosa, Karasek, Bakker & Demerouti); no empirical sample or quantitative study reported.
high negative Predation, acceleration, and loss of control: a multilevel t... workers' perception and control of time (time sovereignty/autonomy)
Transformational leadership negatively moderates the relationship between AI application and employees' job insecurity, buffering employees' insecurity responses across varying levels of AI application.
Moderation analysis reported in the study using the same employee survey dataset (411 valid responses), indicating a statistically significant buffering (negative) moderating effect of transformational leadership on the AI–job insecurity relationship.
Self-efficacy negatively moderates the relationship between AI application and employees' job insecurity by strengthening the insecurity-reducing effect of moderate AI application and weakening the insecurity-enhancing effect of excessive application.
Moderation analysis on the same cross-sectional survey data (411 valid employee questionnaires), reporting a statistically significant negative (buffering) interaction of self-efficacy with AI application intensity on job insecurity.
GenAI usage significantly decreased intrinsic task motivation.
Randomized experiment reported in the paper with 82 participants; authors report a statistically significant decrease in intrinsic task motivation for participants using GenAI.
high negative When Ai Sparks Less: Generative Ai And The Decline Of Self-P... intrinsic task motivation
AACT also triggers higher cognitive load.
Reported measurement of cognitive load in the same house price prediction case study comparing AACT to traditional AI support (details and sample size not provided in abstract).
Foucaultcu perspektiften algoritmik yönetimsellik, bireyi yalnızca denetlenen bir özne haline getirmekle kalmayıp, aynı zamanda davranışsal fazlanın üreticisi olan bir veri-nesnesine dönüştürmektedir.
Foucault teorik çerçevesiyle yapılan kavramsal analiz; literatüre dayalı argüman; no empirical sample provided in abstract.
high negative GÖZETİM KAPİTALİZMİNİN HUKUKSAL TEMELLERİ: FOUCAULTCU BİR AN... bireyin özne-nesne dönüşümü (veri-nesnesine dönüşme ve davranışsal fazla üretimi...
Organizations implementing AI without responsible transition mechanisms may worsen workforce anxiety, skill obsolescence, inequality, and trust erosion.
Paper's theoretical/conceptual assertion about risks of poorly-managed AI adoption; no empirical validation reported in the excerpt.
high negative From Automation Panic to Workforce Resilience: A Governance ... workforce anxiety, skill obsolescence, inequality, trust
Integrations of AI that neglect human factors are associated with increased anxiety, burnout, and disengagement among users.
Aggregate findings from the systematic review reporting associations in the literature between non-human-centered AI integration and negative psychological/work outcomes.
high negative Yapay Zeka Sistemleri ve İnsan İşbirliğinin Psikolojik, Sosy... anxiety, burnout, disengagement
In most cases, workers wanted systems that are precise, insightful, or personal, but instead received systems that are basic, simple, or general.
Qualitative/quantitative comparison of preferred traits (from 202 workers) versus traits observed in AI systems in incident reports (LLM-coded); reported dominant preference traits versus dominant delivered traits.
high negative The Quiet Path from Seemingly Minor Design Errors to Workpla... mismatch between worker-preferred AI traits and deployed AI traits (trait-level ...
Analysis indicates a significant negative relationship between perceived opportunities and challenges related to AI (i.e., higher perceived opportunities are associated with lower perceived challenges).
Correlation and regression analyses performed in SPSS on primary survey data showed a statistically significant negative association between measures of perceived opportunities and perceived challenges.
high negative Opportunities and Challenges of Human- AI Collaboration in W... association between perceived opportunities and perceived challenges
AI adoption and accelerating automation amplify employment precarity in labor‑surplus economies.
Conceptual synthesis grounded in economic geography and labor economics, supported by comparative field evidence cited for labor‑surplus contexts (no quantitative sample size reported).
high negative Automation, Migration, and Development: Geography of Job Pre... employment precarity (job quality and stability)
Rather than restoring stability, this cycle intensifies anxiety, undermines mastery, and erodes professional confidence.
Theoretical claim about psychological outcomes from the conceptual reskilling loop; paper provides argumentation but no empirical measurements.
high negative AI-driven skill volatility and the emergence of re-skilling ... anxiety, sense of mastery, professional confidence
Based on Job Demands–Resources (JD-R) theory and Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, the paper conceptualizes an AI-induced reskilling loop in which ongoing technological change leads to skill erosion, continuous reskilling demands, cognitive and emotional depletion, and reinforced learning as a defensive response to perceived obsolescence.
Theoretical model/loop derived from applying JD-R and COR frameworks; no empirical test or sample reported in the paper.
high negative AI-driven skill volatility and the emergence of re-skilling ... cognitive/emotional depletion and defensive learning responses
Continuous reskilling is widely promoted as a solution to AI-driven disruption, but little attention has been paid to its cumulative psychological costs.
Argument from literature review/observation in the paper; no empirical measurement or sample reported in the paper.
high negative AI-driven skill volatility and the emergence of re-skilling ... psychological costs of continuous reskilling (e.g., fatigue, stress)
Employees experience technostress, anxiety and micro-political negotiation around AI tools in everyday work.
Reported experiences from semistructured interviews with 28 managers/professionals across 12 organizations; thematic analysis highlighting technostress and anxiety as themes.
high negative Reimagining work in the age of intelligent automation: a qua... technostress and anxiety among employees
Individuals low in trait self-efficacy experienced the steepest ownership erosion (i.e., AI-authorship reduced psychological ownership most for low self-efficacy participants).
Reported moderation analysis in the preregistered experiment showing trait self-efficacy moderated the authorship effect on psychological ownership; preregistered N = 470. (No numeric effect size reported in the abstract.)
high negative Optimized but Unowned: How AI-Authored Goals Undermine the M... change/erosion in psychological ownership as moderated by trait self-efficacy
Participants in the LLM condition reported lower perceived importance (d = 1.13).
Same preregistered experiment; reported effect size d = 1.13; preregistered N = 470.
high negative Optimized but Unowned: How AI-Authored Goals Undermine the M... perceived importance of goals (self-reported)
Participants in the LLM condition reported lower commitment (d = 1.19).
Same preregistered experiment comparing self-authored vs LLM-authored goals; reported effect size d = 1.19; preregistered N = 470.
high negative Optimized but Unowned: How AI-Authored Goals Undermine the M... commitment (self-reported)
Participants in the LLM condition reported lower psychological ownership (d = 1.38).
Same preregistered experiment (between-subjects comparison of authorship); reported effect size d = 1.38; preregistered N = 470.
high negative Optimized but Unowned: How AI-Authored Goals Undermine the M... psychological ownership (self-reported)
Creators associate legible AI assistance with intertwined trust vulnerabilities, including epistemic unreliability, anticipated relational penalties, and platform authenticity regimes.
Thematic findings from 16 interviews in which creators express concerns about AI-generated content being epistemically unreliable, damaging relationships with audiences, and conflicting with platform authenticity norms.
high negative AI passing and invisible authenticity labor: trust vulnerabi... perceived trust vulnerabilities tied to visible AI assistance
Fear of AI automation is widespread and cuts across educational groups.
Analysis of emerging public opinion data from the 2024 OECD 'Risks that Matter' survey, reported in the paper (survey-based finding).
high negative AI, the Future of Work, and the Politics of the Welfare Stat... public fear of AI automation