The Potential Implications of Autonomous Vehicles in and around the Workplace
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The advent of autonomous vehicles is forecast to bring enormous changes to the workplace as positions primarily involving driving become progressively redundant. Little is known about public awareness of these impending changes and the potential impacts on society and individuals. This study involved a national survey of Australians and interviews with key stakeholders across multiple countries to identify major potential issues associated with vehicle automation, including in and around the workplace. Most survey respondents had concerns relating to job losses in driving occupations, while almost half anticipated increased employment in technology-related areas. Three primary themes were evident in the data from the stakeholder interviews: (1) the inevitability of the universal use of AVs and hence the immediate need for labour market planning, (2) associated potential effects on occupations that are not primarily structured around driving, and (3) the possibility of increased worker safety and enhanced commuting opportunities.
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SAVs bear the risk of technical unemployment in the mobility and transportation industry.
“Also, SAVs bear the risk of technical unemployment in the mobility and transportation industry, industries that mostly offer low-skill jobs and are mainly held by marginalised communities, will be displaced by highskilled tech jobs [36, 53, 59].”
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- Authors
- Pettigrew, S., Fritschi, L., & Norman, R.
- Affiliations
- Curtin University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Pettigrew, Simone
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2018-08-30
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1876
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6164975
- OpenAlex
- W2889454208
- Cited by
- 103
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 10
- FWCI
- 5.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (N/A)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Transportation and Mobility Innovations
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Keywords
- autonomous vehicles, workplace, job displacement, public awareness, occupational safety, commuting, stakeholder perspectives
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Australia, Automation, Automobile Driving, Employment, Female, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Workplace, Qualitative Research, Young Adult
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