Randomized trial investigates AI updates and employee creativity in China's smart manufacturing sector, suggesting leadership roles are crucial.
Key Points
The study aims to explore how employees' abilities to update AI application portfolios impact their creativity, emphasizing the roles of intellectual capital and ambidextrous leadership.
Three-wave longitudinal survey with 307 valid responses from employees
Conducted at 1.5-month intervals in China's Yangtze River Delta smart manufacturing sector
Utilized structural equation modeling for mediation and hierarchical regression for moderation analysis.
Updating AI application portfolios significantly boosts employee creativity (exact quantitative metrics not provided).
Intellectual capital dimensions (renewal, structural, human) partially mediate this relationship.
Ambidextrous leadership positively moderates the impact of AI updates on creativity.