Competitive organizational climate and artificial intelligence (AI) acceptance: the moderating role of leaders’ power construal
IntroductionThe incorporation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in organizations is pivotal to deal with work-related tasks and challenges effectively, yet little is known about the organizational factors that influence AI acceptance (i.e., employee favorable AI attitudes and AI use). To address this...
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| description | IntroductionThe incorporation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in organizations is pivotal to deal with work-related tasks and challenges effectively, yet little is known about the organizational factors that influence AI acceptance (i.e., employee favorable AI attitudes and AI use). To address this limitation in the literature and provide insight into the organizational antecedents influencing AI acceptance, this research investigated the relationship between competitive organizational climate and AI acceptance among employees. Moreover, given the critical role of a leader in employee attitude and behavior, we examined the moderating role of leaders’ power construal as responsibility or as opportunity in this relationship.MethodsStudy 1 was a three-wave field study among employees (N = 237, Mage = 38.28) working in various organizations in the UK. The study measured employees’ perception of a competitive organizational climate at Time 1, leaders’ power construal (as perceived by employees) at Time 2, and employee attitudes towards AI and their actual use of AI in the workplace at Times 2 and 3. Study 2 was a 2 (climate: highly competitive vs. low competitive) by 2 (power construal: responsibility vs. opportunity) experiment among employee participants (N = 150, Mage = 37.50).ResultsStudy 1 demonstrated a positive relationship between competitive climate and employee AI use over time. Furthermore, both studies revealed an interaction between competitive climate and leader’s power construal in the prediction of employee AI acceptance: In Study 1, competitive climate was negatively related to AI acceptance over time when leaders construed power as opportunity. In Study 2 competitive climate was positively related to AI acceptance when leaders construed power as responsibility rather than as opportunity.DiscussionThese results underscore the organizational factors that are required in order for employees to shape favorable attitudes towards AI and actually use AI at work. Importantly, this research expands the limited body of literature on AI integration in organizations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e04d42d12a54299b8dfc53762207e1b2024-03-26T16:41:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-03-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.13591641359164Competitive organizational climate and artificial intelligence (AI) acceptance: the moderating role of leaders’ power construalKyriaki Fousiani0Georgios Michelakis1Pieter A. Minnigh2Kiki M. M. De Jonge3Kiki M. M. De Jonge4Department of Psychology, Organizational Psychology Section, University of Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Psychology, Organizational Psychology Section, University of Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsIndependent Researcher, Groningen, NetherlandsDepartment of Psychology, Organizational Psychology Section, University of Groningen, Groningen, NetherlandsGroeiflow, Groningen, NetherlandsIntroductionThe incorporation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in organizations is pivotal to deal with work-related tasks and challenges effectively, yet little is known about the organizational factors that influence AI acceptance (i.e., employee favorable AI attitudes and AI use). To address this limitation in the literature and provide insight into the organizational antecedents influencing AI acceptance, this research investigated the relationship between competitive organizational climate and AI acceptance among employees. Moreover, given the critical role of a leader in employee attitude and behavior, we examined the moderating role of leaders’ power construal as responsibility or as opportunity in this relationship.MethodsStudy 1 was a three-wave field study among employees (N = 237, Mage = 38.28) working in various organizations in the UK. The study measured employees’ perception of a competitive organizational climate at Time 1, leaders’ power construal (as perceived by employees) at Time 2, and employee attitudes towards AI and their actual use of AI in the workplace at Times 2 and 3. Study 2 was a 2 (climate: highly competitive vs. low competitive) by 2 (power construal: responsibility vs. opportunity) experiment among employee participants (N = 150, Mage = 37.50).ResultsStudy 1 demonstrated a positive relationship between competitive climate and employee AI use over time. Furthermore, both studies revealed an interaction between competitive climate and leader’s power construal in the prediction of employee AI acceptance: In Study 1, competitive climate was negatively related to AI acceptance over time when leaders construed power as opportunity. In Study 2 competitive climate was positively related to AI acceptance when leaders construed power as responsibility rather than as opportunity.DiscussionThese results underscore the organizational factors that are required in order for employees to shape favorable attitudes towards AI and actually use AI at work. Importantly, this research expands the limited body of literature on AI integration in organizations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1359164/fullcompetitive organizational climateartificial intelligence (AI) acceptance in organizationsleadershippower construalpower as responsibilitypower as opportunity |
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| title | Competitive organizational climate and artificial intelligence (AI) acceptance: the moderating role of leaders’ power construal |
| title_full | Competitive organizational climate and artificial intelligence (AI) acceptance: the moderating role of leaders’ power construal |
| title_fullStr | Competitive organizational climate and artificial intelligence (AI) acceptance: the moderating role of leaders’ power construal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Competitive organizational climate and artificial intelligence (AI) acceptance: the moderating role of leaders’ power construal |
| title_short | Competitive organizational climate and artificial intelligence (AI) acceptance: the moderating role of leaders’ power construal |
| title_sort | competitive organizational climate and artificial intelligence ai acceptance the moderating role of leaders power construal |
| topic | competitive organizational climate artificial intelligence (AI) acceptance in organizations leadership power construal power as responsibility power as opportunity |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1359164/full |
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