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Social comparison contributes to work exhaustion in the context of workplace AI use: A three-wave follow-up study of Finnish workers
Originally published 2026-06-29 · SSM - Population Health
Elsevier · DOI 10.1016/j.ssmph.2026.101945 ↗
AI / system type
Workplace AI use and perceived AI readiness among Finnish workers
Workplace evidenceExamines workers, organizations or AI at work. Participants are not necessarily parents; family benefits are not established by this evidence alone.
The AI connection
System or context examined: Workplace AI use and perceived AI readiness among Finnish workers. The source-specific system and study design determine what can be inferred.
Why this reading matters
The reading brings social comparison, AI readiness and work exhaustion into a concrete discussion of humane work during technological change. It offers three-wave national workforce follow-up survey evidence or analysis, not a promise of organizational or family benefit.
Workplace evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
The workplace lens is social comparison, AI readiness and work exhaustion. Source setting or population: Employed Finnish adults aged 18–65; baseline sample 2109 with biannual follow-ups. Parenting and child-development outcomes are not inferred from the workplace evidence.
Examines workers, organizations or AI at work. Participants are not necessarily parents; family benefits are not established by this evidence alone.
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
Can comparing our AI skills with colleagues turn learning into exhaustion?
This three-wave national workforce follow-up survey examines social comparison, AI readiness and work exhaustion. Its TRICK home is Kindness, an editorial reading path rather than a claim that the paper tests the full framework.
Study context
Employed Finnish adults aged 18–65; baseline sample 2109 with biannual follow-ups
Age / stage: 18–65 years
Read with three questions
- Can comparing our AI skills with colleagues turn learning into exhaustion?
- What do this study’s design and population — Employed Finnish adults aged 18–65; baseline sample 2109 with biannual follow-ups — allow you to infer about another workplace?
- When considering social comparison, AI readiness and work exhaustion, which decisions would need employee input before applying this reading to a working family’s circumstances?
Keep the limits in view
National follow-up associations are not randomized effects; exhaustion scales do not provide an individual clinical diagnosis.
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Iina Savolainen; Teijo Osma; Roope Grönroos; Moona Heiskari; Atte Oksanen (2026). Social comparison contributes to work exhaustion in the context of workplace AI use: A three-wave follow-up study of Finnish workers SSM - Population Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2026.101945
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