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Humanizing or mechanizing the self? How mindset moderates AI usage on employee self-perception and job crafting
Xinyan Mu1, Jiayi Zheng1, Yanbin Liu1
1Business School, NingboTech University, No.1 South Qianhu Road, Ningbo, 315100, China.
Objective:
To found out how employees interpret their roles and adjust their work in artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled contexts, this research examines the relationships between AI usage, employee self-perceptions, and job crafting, as well as the moderating role of implicit mindsets.
Methods:
To test the hypotheses, we conducted a two-wave survey. Participants were recruited from an online platform. The final sample involved 252 full-time employees with experience of AI usage.
Results:
Results suggest that the impact of AI usage on employees' self-perceptions and job crafting depends on their mindset. AI usage is more likely to enhance employees' self-perception of humanity and promote in job crafting among those with a growth mindset. In contrast, AI usage is more likely to enhance their self-perception of instrumentality and reduce job crafting among those with a fixed mindset.
Conclusion:
This research highlights the importance of implicit mindsets in shaping employees' self-perceptions and behavioral responses to AI usage. By adopting an implicit perspective and drawing on identity theory, it provides a more nuanced comprehension of how AI usage influences employees, offering both theoretical and practical implications.
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