Tom Roar Eikebrokk
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Tom Roar Eikebrokk is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of emerging automation technologies and their profound implications for the modern workforce. His primary focus centers on **Robotic Process Automation (RPA)** and how the proliferation of intelligent automation reshapes the roles, responsibilities, and futures of knowledge workers. Eikebrokk has made notable contributions by critically examining widely held assumptions in the field — most prominently, the prevailing narrative that RPA primarily liberates knowledge workers from routine tasks, freeing them for more cognitively enriching work. Rather than accepting this claim at face value, his research rigorously interrogates it through mixed-method and sequential quantitative-qualitative approaches, blending empirical depth with nuanced human insight. His most cited work, *"Robotic Process Automation and Consequences for Knowledge Workers"* (2020), has garnered 29 citations, reflecting growing scholarly interest in understanding automation's human consequences beyond technical efficiency gains. Alongside this, his 2019 study directly challenges optimistic industry narratives by raising the critical question of whether RPA leads to genuine empowerment or, more troublingly, workforce displacement. Eikebrokk's research offers an intellectually honest and evidence-driven counterbalance to technological utopianism, making his work essential reading for scholars and practitioners navigating the human dimensions of digital transformation.
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