The importance of representativeness as well as timeliness in studying technology: Three additional suggestions

Technology, work, and inequality.

“…Psychological research focuses on the lived experiences of workers, how they adjust or do not adjust to technology, and how technology can be designed and deployed to enhance or reduce existing inequalities based on issues such as representation and organizational power. Moreover, psychological research examines how existing inequalities can manifest in the design of technology through constructs such as voice and representation; practices of employee recruitment, selection, and retention; and the design of data sets from which technological tools are developed (Landers & Behrend, 2022;Van Fossen et al, 2022).…”

“…First, technology both creates and limits access to work. Given that work is the main mechanism through which society allocates economic and social resources, unequal access to work and good jobs exacerbates inequality (Lai & Widmar, 2021;Van Fossen et al, 2022).…”