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The Potential Impact of Job Automation on Veterans in Vocational Rehabilitation Programs.

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Tsai, J; Mehta, K; Elbogen, E
Published in: Psychiatr Serv
March 1, 2021

OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to examine the potential impact of job automation on veterans in the largest U.S. vocational rehabilitation program, the Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) program. METHODS: Sixty-two CWT managers were surveyed about common jobs that veterans want and are placed in and about the anticipated impact of job automation on veterans in this program. Probabilistic estimates of job automation were applied to manager responses. RESULTS: The most common jobs veterans want or are placed in have high probabilities of being automated, including housekeeping/janitorial service (66% probability), administrative and clerical tasks (96%), food service (87%-96%), and warehouse positions (98%). Forty percent of managers anticipate that job automation will have negative impacts on job opportunities for veterans; another 15% believe that new jobs will emerge, but education and retraining will be needed. CONCLUSIONS: For adults who need vocational rehabilitation, planning is needed to adjust to the changing landscape of work that automation presents.

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Psychiatr Serv

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1557-9700

Publication Date

March 1, 2021

Volume

72

Issue

3

Start / End Page

329 / 332

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • Rehabilitation, Vocational
  • Psychiatry
  • Humans
  • Automation
  • Adult
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Tsai, J., Mehta, K., & Elbogen, E. (2021). The Potential Impact of Job Automation on Veterans in Vocational Rehabilitation Programs. Psychiatr Serv, 72(3), 329–332. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000172
Tsai, Jack, Kandarp Mehta, and Eric Elbogen. “The Potential Impact of Job Automation on Veterans in Vocational Rehabilitation Programs.Psychiatr Serv 72, no. 3 (March 1, 2021): 329–32. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000172.
Tsai J, Mehta K, Elbogen E. The Potential Impact of Job Automation on Veterans in Vocational Rehabilitation Programs. Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Mar 1;72(3):329–32.
Tsai, Jack, et al. “The Potential Impact of Job Automation on Veterans in Vocational Rehabilitation Programs.Psychiatr Serv, vol. 72, no. 3, Mar. 2021, pp. 329–32. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/appi.ps.202000172.
Tsai J, Mehta K, Elbogen E. The Potential Impact of Job Automation on Veterans in Vocational Rehabilitation Programs. Psychiatr Serv. 2021 Mar 1;72(3):329–332.
Journal cover image

Published In

Psychiatr Serv

DOI

EISSN

1557-9700

Publication Date

March 1, 2021

Volume

72

Issue

3

Start / End Page

329 / 332

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veterans
  • Rehabilitation, Vocational
  • Psychiatry
  • Humans
  • Automation
  • Adult
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services