A Review Study on the Formation Factors of AI Anxiety and Its Impact on Employees

Keer Ding ()
Additional contact information
Keer Ding: GuiZhou University of Finance and Economics

A chapter in Proceedings of the 2025 5th International Conference on Enterprise Management and Economic Development (ICEMED 2025), 2025, pp 738-744 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, employees are increasingly experiencing “AI anxiety,” a multidimensional psychological phenomenon encompassing concerns about job displacement, skill obsolescence, and ethical dilemmas. This study aims to systematically analyze the formative factors of AI anxiety and its psychological and behavioral impacts on employees by integrating four dimensions: technological, occupational, psychological, and sociocultural. Through a literature review, the research reveals that AI anxiety arises from the interplay of job threats, technological complexity, individual psychological traits, and sociocultural contexts, exhibiting a dual-edged effect. On one hand, it may trigger negative outcomes such as diminished self-efficacy and inhibited innovation; on the other hand, it can activate positive mechanisms like adaptive behaviors and enhanced psychological capital. The findings emphasize that organizations should mitigate anxiety through measures such as training and psychological support while channeling it into a driver for innovation, thereby providing a scientific basis for management practices.

Keywords: AI Anxiety; Employee Psychological Well-being; Behavioral Impacts; Double-edged Sword Effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:advbcp:978-94-6463-811-0_77

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9789464638110

DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-811-0_77

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().