ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

心理科学进展 ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (10): 1663-1683.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2025.1663 cstr: 32111.14.2025.1663

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人工智能对知识型员工的影响及作用机制——基于工具性和人本性视角

徐敏亚1, 陈丽萍2, 刘贝妮3()   

  1. 1 北京大学光华管理学院, 北京 100871
    2 中国矿业大学(北京)管理学院, 北京 100083
    3 北京工商大学商学院, 北京 100048
  • 收稿日期:2024-11-08 出版日期:2025-10-15 发布日期:2025-08-18
  • 通讯作者: 刘贝妮, E-mail: liubeini@btbu.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:第一联系人:

    徐敏亚、陈丽萍共为第一作者。

  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金面上基金项目(72472005);国家自然科学基金面上基金项目(72202007);教育部人文社会科学研究规划基金一般项目(24YJA 630112)

The impacts and mechanisms of artificial intelligence on knowledge workers: An instrumental and humanistic perspective

XU Minya1, CHEN Liping2, LIU Beini3()   

  1. 1 Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
    2 School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
    3 Business School, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
  • Received:2024-11-08 Online:2025-10-15 Published:2025-08-18

摘要:

人工智能的不断发展引发了知识型员工的心理与行为变化, 重塑了其对现代工作环境的感受和对组织未来发展的期待。目前关于人工智能对知识型员工的影响及作用机制研究仍呈现碎片化状态。本研究基于工具性和人本性视角, 探究人工智能对知识型员工“有所作为”和“自我实现”的赋能与激活路径, 主要包括两方面的内容: (1) 从工具性视角, 探究人工智能的信息作用及其对员工思维能力的“双刃剑”影响, 厘清人工智能时代下知识型员工“有所作为”的创造力过程; (2) 从人本性视角, 探究人工智能赋能员工心理需求变化及幸福感感知, 进而识别其对知识型员工“自我实现”的离留决策影响。研究预期将深化人工智能对知识型员工影响的理解, 拓展人机协同的理论研究并提供实践参考。

关键词: 知识型员工, 人工智能(Artificial Intelligence AI), 人工智能使用, 企业数智化, 创造力, 离职倾向

Abstract:

With ongoing breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) technology and its reshaping of the workplace, traditional management paradigms face unprecedented challenges. AI has transformed the way information circulates and amplified the visibility of individual contributions. To thrive in this new context, established management theories must be revised and expanded better to support collaborative growth between organizations and their employees. The rapid evolution of AI has also precipitated significant psychological and behavioral shifts among knowledge workers, reshaping their perceptions of the modern work environment and their expectations for organizational development. Yet research on the mechanisms by which AI influences knowledge workers remains fragmented. This study explores the empowering and activating pathways of AI for knowledge workers in terms of “agency” and “self-actualization” through both instrumental and humanistic perspectives.

In the first stream of this research, we focus on the instrumental effects of AI on the creativity of knowledge workers. By providing abundant information and substituting for certain cognitive processes, AI empowers employees and makes it easier for them to demonstrate creative performance. Study 1, grounded in information integration theory, investigates how the frequency of AI use enhances knowledge worker creativity through a sequential mediation of information acquisition richness and knowledge integration, while testing employees’ domain-specific expertise as a boundary condition. Study 2 draws on creativity process theory to explore the “double‐edged” role of AI use, i.e., how AI use reshapes both divergent and convergent thinking and, in turn, affects creative outcomes. It further examines whether the level of interpersonal interaction at work moderates these indirect effects.

The second research stream investigates AI’s humanistic effects on knowledge workers. By stimulating future‐oriented reflection, AI activates employees’ consideration of their own development trajectories. Drawing on work embeddedness theory, we distinguish between push factors—unfavorable job conditions that increase turnover intention—and pull factors—favorable job attributes that strengthen retention intention. Study 3, informed by protection motivation theory, examines how frequent AI use fosters knowledge workers’ turnover intention by diminishing perceived career development prospects, and it tests employees’ self‐actualization needs as a moderator. Study 4, extending work embeddedness theory, evaluates whether an organization’s implementation of process and product digitization influences knowledge workers’ turnover intention via changes in job enjoyment and career prospect perceptions, with employees’ digital skill proficiency as a boundary condition. Together, these studies aim to illuminate the pathways through which knowledge workers achieve both agency and self‐actualization in the AI era.

In summary, this study embraces the core principle of “employee-centric human-AI symbiosis” and is dedicated to fostering the harmony and optimization of human-AI interactions. By conceptualizing AI’s informational role and its dual influence on employees’ cognitive capabilities, it offers fresh insights into the creativity process theory for knowledge workers in the AI era. Furthermore, by examining how AI-driven empowerment reshapes employees’ psychological needs and their perceived well-being at work, and how these shifts affect turnover and retention decisions, it enriches and extends existing research on effective collaboration between AI and knowledge workers. Ultimately, our findings aim to equip organizations with actionable strategies for leveraging human-AI synergy, enabling them to more precisely understand employees’ psychological states and to devise targeted strategies for talent retention, thereby better addressing AI-related challenges and achieving sustainable development.

Key words: knowledge workers, artificial intelligence (AI), AI usage, enterprise digitalization, creativity, turnover intention

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