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Cassandra Merritt Presents "Managers as Gatekeepers" at the Wharton Future of Work Conference
2026-05-20·The Wharton School, Philadelphia
Cassandra Merritt presented "Managers as Gatekeepers in the Age of AI" at the AI and the Future of Work Conference at the Wharton School.
Cassandra Merritt presented "Managers as Gatekeepers in the Age of AI" at the AI and the Future of Work Conference 2026, hosted by AI at Wharton at the Wharton School. The paper, co-authored with Jacob Dominski, Christopher Hoy, and Yong Suk Lee, examines how middle managers act as gatekeepers to AI adoption — showing that exposure to information about AI's labor-displacing potential reduces both intended AI adoption and staffing intentions.