Work and freedom? Working self-objectification and belief in personal free will

The current work aimed to extend the burgeoning literature on working objectification by investigating the effects of particular job activities on self‐perception. By integrating relevant theoretical reflections with recent empirical evidence, we expected that performing objectifying (i.e., repetitive, fragmented, and other‐directed) tasks would affect participants' self‐objectification and, in turn, their belief in personal free will. In three...