Rudolf M. Oosthuizen

About

Dr. Rudolf M. Oosthuizen is a leading voice in the psychology of the future of work, with a sharp focus on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). His research critically examines how smart technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, and algorithms (STARA) are reshaping employee wellbeing and organizational dynamics. Dr. Oosthuizen’s most influential work, “The Fourth Industrial Revolution – Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Algorithms: Industrial Psychologists in Future Workplaces” (2022, 98 citations), provides a seminal framework for understanding how STARA will replace a third of current jobs and automate nearly twice as many tasks by 2025. His earlier study, “Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Algorithms (STARA): Employees’ Perceptions and Wellbeing in Future Workplaces” (2019, 64 citations), is a foundational text on worker attitudes toward technological displacement. More recently, he has developed resilience-based coping strategies for disruptive change (2021). With over 160 combined citations, Dr. Oosthuizen’s work is essential reading for industrial psychologists, HR professionals, and policymakers navigating the human side of automation and the 4IR transition.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   The Fourth Industrial Revolution – Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Algorithms: Industrial Psychologists in Future Workplaces

   98 citations · 2022
2. 2
   Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Algorithms (STARA): Employees’ Perceptions and Wellbeing in Future Workplaces

   64 citations · 2019
3. 3
   The Fourth Industrial Revolution: A Resilience-Based Coping Strategy for Disruptive Change

   5 citations · 2021

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