The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the world of work, leaving individuals wondering what AI means for the future of their career. The current research investigates the moderating role of future work self salience (FWSS) on the effect of interacting with AI on perceived control over one's future work self and proactive career behavior. In a first longitudinal experiment with full-time employees in the UK (N = 174), participants interacting with AI to solve a task (compared to a control group) experienced increased perceived control over their future work self when FWSS was high, in contrast to those with low FWSS. We replicated this pattern in a second longitudinal study with German business students (N = 208). Building on these findings, a third longitudinal experiment with German full-time employees (N = 155) extended the model by demonstrating a moderated mediation: for individuals with high FWSS, AI interaction increased perceived control over the future work self and thus promoted proactive career behavior. In contrast, perceived control and proactive career behavior decreased for those with low FWSS. This research demonstrates the potential impact of AI interactions on work-related outcomes, offering critical insights for both theory and practice.

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未来工作的自我显着性如何塑造与人工智能交互的效果


人工智能 (AI) 的迅速崛起正在改变工作世界，让人们想知道人工智能对其未来职业生涯意味着什么。目前的研究调查了未来工作自我显着性（FWSS）对与人工智能交互对个人未来工作自我的感知控制和主动职业行为的影响的调节作用。在英国全职员工 (N = 174) 的首次纵向实验中，与对照组相比，与人工智能交互来解决任务的参与者在 FWSS 较高时，对未来工作自我的感知控制力增强，而相比之下对于那些 FWSS 较低的人。我们在对德国商科学生的第二项纵向研究中复制了这种模式（N = 208）。基于这些发现，针对德国全职员工（N = 155）的第三次纵向实验通过展示调节中介来扩展该模型：对于具有高 FWSS 的个体，人工智能交互增加了对未来工作自我的感知控制，从而促进了积极主动的职业生涯行为。相比之下，FWSS 较低的人的感知控制力和积极主动的职业行为有所下降。这项研究展示了人工智能交互对工作相关结果的潜在影响，为理论和实践提供了重要的见解。