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About
Pascale M. Le Blanc is a leading researcher at the intersection of work design, organizational psychology, and human-robot collaboration. Her work critically examines how robotization and artificial intelligence are reshaping jobs, particularly in logistics and warehouse environments. Le Blanc’s major contributions include pioneering empirical studies on how automated guided vehicles and collaborative robots affect employee boredom, performance, and the meaningfulness of work. Her most-cited paper (2022, 47 citations) provides a comparative case study of robotization’s impact on work design across eight logistic warehouses, revealing both threats and opportunities for workers. She has also developed an ethical framework for evaluating experimental AI technologies in workplace settings (2023, 23 citations), addressing critical concerns about worker autonomy and wellbeing. Le Blanc leads the NWO-funded research program “Working with or against the machine,” which investigates how employees adapt to human-robot cooperation through a career adaptability lens. Her recent work (2024–2025) focuses on optimizing training for human-robot collaboration and understanding employees’ learning strategies as adaptive responses. With a career spanning foundational studies on work design and emerging technologies, Le Blanc’s research provides essential guidance for designing humane, ethical, and productive workplaces in an era of increasing automation.
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