Abstract This study investigated whether the introduction of robots as teammates has an impact on in-group identification. We used two samples from the United States (N = 1003, N = 969). Participants were asked to imagine a hypothetical situation in which they were assigned to a work team at a new job. The number of robot teammates was manipulated, and the control group included only humans. Two studies examined perceived in-group identification with variance analysis and individual differences with regression analysis. Having a robot on the work team had a negative impact on in-group identification. The results suggest that when humans are members of minority subgroup within a work team, their subgroup identity is threatened. Identification with a work team including robot members is associated with individual factors such as attitude towards robots, technological expertise, and personality. Our findings indicate that introducing a robot as a teammate may affect in-group identification process negatively with some individual differences.

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与机器人共享工作团队：机器人同事对工作团队内群体认同的负面影响

摘要 本研究调查了引入机器人作为队友是否对群体内识别产生影响。我们使用了来自美国的两个样本（N = 1003，N = 969）。参与者被要求想象一种假设情况，在这种情况下，他们被分配到一个新工作的工作团队中。操纵机器人队友的数量，控制组只包括人类。两项研究通过方差分析和回归分析对个体差异进行了检测。在工作团队中使用机器人会对组内识别产生负面影响。结果表明，当人类是工作团队中少数群体的成员时，他们的亚群体身份就会受到威胁。对包括机器人成员在内的工作团队的认同与个人因素有关，例如对机器人的态度、技术专长和个性。我们的研究结果表明，引入机器人作为队友可能会对群体识别过程产生负面影响，并具有一些个体差异。