Deeviya Francis Xavier

• Creativity and Self-Efficacy in Diverse Contexts at the Workplace
• AI Adoption
• Creative Autonomy at the Workplace

Deeviya is a researcher from Malaysia and has been advancing the scholarly pursuits of the Department of Work and Organizational Psychology under the esteemed mentorship of Univ.-Prof. Christian Korunka since February 2022. Additionally, she embraces the role of a lecturer for the Advanced Seminar on Work, Economy, and Society, nurturing the analytical and critical thinking of her students.

With a robust foundation in engineering, Deeviya acquired her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Chemical Engineering from the prestigious University of Nottingham, concluding her academic engineering journey in July 2017. Transitioning from a Research and Development Engineer at the globally acclaimed Austrian multinational, Semperit AG, to immersing herself in sociocultural psychology research at the University of Vienna, she exhibits a remarkable breadth of academic versatility and adaptability. 

Embarking on a journey to bridge technology and human behavior, Deeviya is now engaged in an AI-related project exploring the cross-cultural dynamics of AI adoption in workplaces. Her core motivation stems from a desire to enhance the effective integration of AI technologies, fostering creative autonomy and self-efficacy across diverse employment settings.