Amy Van Looy

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Amy Van Looy is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-computer interaction, organizational behavior, and emerging automation technologies. Her scholarship has focused particularly on understanding how employees perceive and respond to the growing integration of intelligent robots within workplace environments and business processes. Through rigorous dilemma analysis frameworks, Van Looy has illuminated the complex psychological and attitudinal dynamics that arise when organizations introduce robotic systems into everyday workflows — a question of increasing urgency as automation reshapes industries worldwide. Her most influential contributions examine the tensions employees experience when confronted with intelligent robots, exploring competing concerns around job security, efficiency, trust, and collaboration. Her 2022 paper on employee attitudes towards intelligent robots has garnered 17 citations, while her earlier 2020 work establishing foundational perspectives in this domain has accumulated 10 citations, together demonstrating a growing scholarly conversation around her ideas. Van Looy's research offers valuable practical insight for organizations navigating digital transformation, helping business leaders and HR professionals better understand workforce anxieties and design more human-centered approaches to automation adoption. Her work makes her a notable voice in the evolving dialogue around the future of work.