Two Perspectives On Botsourcing And Employment

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Richard G. Vedder
University of North Texas

Carl S. Guynes
University of North Texas

James Parrish
University of North Texas

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Botsourcing, IT Workers, Man-Machine Systems, Unemployment, Retraining

Abstract

Botsourcing is the augmentation or replacement of human jobs by robots or other computing systems. Despite its growing popularity, much uncertainty and even fear exists about its use. This paper summarizes considerations expressed by both sides of this issue.

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Dec 1, 2019
DOI https://doi.org/10.19030/rbis.v23i2.10336

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Vedder, R. G. ., Guynes, C. S. ., & Parrish, J. (2019). Two Perspectives On Botsourcing And Employment. Review of Business Information Systems (RBIS), 23(2), 17–20. https://doi.org/10.19030/rbis.v23i2.10336
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Vol. 23 No. 2 (2019)
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Author Biographies

Richard G. Vedder, University of North Texas

Richard G. Vedder is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of North Texas. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. His research interests include multimedia systems, knowledge-based systems, impact of new technologies and competitive intelligence. He has published articles in Decision Sciences, Communications of the ACM, Computers and Society, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Expert Systems, and Journal of Information Systems Management. (Contact Author) Email: vedder@unt.edu

Carl S. Guynes, University of North Texas

Carl S. Guynes is a Regents Professor of Information Systems at the University of North Texas. He received a doctorate in quantitative analysis from Texas Tech University. Dr. Guynes' areas of specialization are client/server computing, end-user computing, data administration, and information resource management. His most recent research efforts have been directed in the areas of client/server computing and data administration. Some of the journals in which Dr. Guynes has published include Communications of the ACM, Information & Management, The Journal of Information Systems Management, Journal of Accountancy, Journal of Systems Management, The Journal of Database Management, The CPA Journal, The Journal of Computer Information Systems, Information Strategy, Computers and Security, and Computers and Society.

James Parrish, University of North Texas

James Parrish is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at the University of North Texas. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Central Florida. His research interests include knowledge management systems, design science, and socio-technical security issues in social networking. He has published journal articles in Communications of the ACM, Journal of Information Systems Education, Information Systems Management, Communications of the AIS, and Ethics and Information Technology.