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Shaping the Use of AI in the Workplace – Between Autonomous Use and Workload Reduction: Brief Report on a Conjoint Study

This brief report presents key findings from a conjoint study conducted in May 2026 as part of the project Opinion Monitor Artificial Intelligence 3.0. The analysis examines the preferences of around 2,800 dependent employees in Germany regarding …

Perceived Industry Resilience to AI: A Two-Wave Survey of Employees Across 15 Sectors

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to transform industries unevenly, yet little is known about how employees themselves evaluate the capacity of their industries to adapt. This study introduces perceived industry resilience to AI as a …

Warum Beschäftigte KI am Arbeitsplatz seltener nutzen: Gründe für den Rückgang der beruflichen KI-Nutzung in Deutschland

Kurzbericht zu den Gründen für den Rückgang der beruflichen KI-Nutzung in Deutschland.

The use of AI among working people—Differences between occupational groups, usage profiles, and perceptions of the consequences of AI in the workplace

Brief report examining differences in AI use among working people across occupational groups and usage profiles, as well as perceptions of the consequences of AI in the workplace.

Use and evaluation of AI in the workplace—A question of occupational class: Brief report on a segmentation study

Brief report on a segmentation study examining how the use and evaluation of AI in the workplace differ across occupational classes.

Monitor Digital Working Society—Brief report on the second wave of surveys: Increasing awareness and collegial support through AI

Second-wave brief report of the Monitor Digital Working Society. The follow-up survey documents a continued shift toward greater familiarity with AI, more differentiated evaluations, and rising acceptance—particularly for generative AI and more …

Monitor Digital Working Society—Brief report on the first wave of surveys: Between interest, ambivalence, and uncertainty: How workers evaluate and use AI

First-wave brief report of the Monitor Digital Working Society. The results show that while workers increasingly use AI and attribute potential benefits to it, they also perceive critical implications for data privacy, social interaction, and …

Ever heard of ethical AI? Investigating the salience of ethical AI issues among the German population

Building and implementing ethical AI systems that benefit the whole society is cost-intensive and a multi-faceted task fraught with potential problems. While computer science focuses mostly on the technical questions to mitigate social issues, social …

It's Now or Never! Future Discounting in the Application of the Online Privacy Calculus

Many people engage in extensive use of networked digital systems despite concerns over their privacy, a phenomenon called the 'online privacy paradox.' Although privacy calculus theory offers a rational explanation for this behavior, it does not …

The Threats of Artificial Intelligence Scale (TAI). Development, Measurement and Test Over Three Application Domains

In recent years Artificial Intelligence (AI) has gained much popularity, with the scientific community as well as with the public. Often, AI is ascribed many positive impacts for different social domains such as medicine and the economy. On the other …