A Commentary on Wolf and Stock-Homburg (2025) – Examining Robot Readiness Through Gendered and Intersectional Perspectives
这篇评论从性别和交叉性视角分析员工对机器人管理者的接受度，指出社会身份动态（如刻板印象威胁）比技术表现更能影响接受度，并呼吁多样性响应设计以促进职场包容。
This commentary builds on Wolf and Stock-Homburg’s (2025) study on employee acceptance of robotic managers by introducing a gendered and intersectional lens to the analysis of robot readiness. It argues that acceptance of robotic leadership is influenced not only by technological performance but also by social identity dynamics. In particular, drawing on stereotype threat, status threat, and affective forecasting, the commentary highlights how gendered expectations influence responses to robot overperformance, further extending the discussion through an intersectional framework to illustrate how complex bias patterns in response to robot embodiment are activated. It outlines practical implications for organisations, calling for diversity-responsive design to ensure that robotic systems support, rather than undermine, inclusion in the workplace.