Navigating the AI Era: How Perceived Organizational Support Shapes Employees' AI-Related Anxiety via AI Self-Efficacy.
- 1Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia.
- 2Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract
Purpose
This quantitative study examined the relationships between perceived organizational support (POS), Artificial intelligence self-efficacy (AISE), employees' artificial intelligence learning anxiety (AILA), and AI job replacement anxiety (AIJRA) in private sector employees; it examined the potential direct effect of POS on both AILA and AIJRA, and the indirect effect via AISE by drawing on social cognitive theory and using structural equation modeling (SEM).Participants and methods
Convenience and snowball sampling techniques were used to recruit 311 employees from the private sector in the Saudi context. Data were collected using an online survey and analyzed using Mplus to conduct confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and SEM.Results
In the total sample, POS influences AI learning anxiety only via AI self-efficacy (β = - 0.073; p ≤ 0.01). However, AI job replacement anxiety was influenced only directly by POS (β = -0.184; p ≤ 0.01). These findings suggest that the relative importance of organizational and individual factors varies based on the type of AI anxiety. Finally, Age has a significant and negative relationship with AIJRA (β = -0.121, P ≤ 0.05).Conclusion
The Study's findings underscore the importance of individual factors such as AISE in enhancing the role of POS on AILA. Furthermore, These findings suggest that the relative importance of organizational and individual factors varies based on the type of AI anxiety.
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BibTeX
@article{alsudays2026navigating,
title = {{Navigating the AI Era: How Perceived Organizational Support Shapes Employees' AI-Related Anxiety via AI Self-Efficacy.}},
author = {Hind A Alsudays and Sultanah Alsudays},
journal = {Psychology research and behavior management},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.2147/prbm.s648836},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42910255},
note = {CC BY-NC},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Navigating the AI Era: How Perceived Organizational Support Shapes Employees' AI-Related Anxiety via AI Self-Efficacy.
AU - Hind A Alsudays
AU - Sultanah Alsudays
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/17
JO - Psychology research and behavior management
DO - 10.2147/prbm.s648836
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42910255
AB - Purpose This quantitative study examined the relationships between perceived organizational support (POS), Artificial intelligence self-efficacy (AISE), employees' artificial intelligence learning anxiety (AILA), and AI job replacement anxiety (AIJRA) in private sector employees; it examined the potential direct effect of POS on both AILA and AIJRA, and the indirect effect via AISE by drawing on social cognitive theory and using structural equation modeling (SEM).Participants and methods Convenience and snowball sampling techniques were used to recruit 311 employees from the private sector in the Saudi context. Data were collected using an online survey and analyzed using Mplus to conduct confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and SEM.Results In the total sample, POS influences AI learning anxiety only via AI self-efficacy (β = - 0.073; p ≤ 0.01). However, AI job replacement anxiety was influenced only directly by POS (β = -0.184; p ≤ 0.01). These findings suggest that the relative importance of organizational and individual factors varies based on the type of AI anxiety. Finally, Age has a significant and negative relationship with AIJRA (β = -0.121, P ≤ 0.05).Conclusion The Study's findings underscore the importance of individual factors such as AISE in enhancing the role of POS on AILA. Furthermore, These findings suggest that the relative importance of organizational and individual factors varies based on the type of AI anxiety.
SN - 1179-1578
ER -