The relationship between proactive personality and migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk under the impact of artificial intelligence in China

IntroductionUnder the background of rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, migrant workers are at a high risk of becoming unemployed due to their low levels of human capital. As for the influencing factors of unemployment risk perception, individual characteristics are an importa...

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Main Authors: Guanglu Xu, Ming Xue
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-03-01
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description IntroductionUnder the background of rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, migrant workers are at a high risk of becoming unemployed due to their low levels of human capital. As for the influencing factors of unemployment risk perception, individual characteristics are an important one. However, there remain few studies exploring the impact of personality on the perception of technical unemployment risk among migrant workers under the impact of AI. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between proactive personality and migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk, focusing on the mediating roles of AI learning and AI self-efficacy.MethodsThis study collected data through the research platform “Credamo”. A total of 551 questionnaires were recovered in this survey, of which 446 valid questionnaires were reserved for research.ResultsThe research results show that: proactive personality was negatively correlated with migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk; AI learning and AI self-efficacy mediated this relationship independently, and played a chain-mediating role in this relationship.DiscussionThe present study contributes the perception of technical unemployment risk literature by highlighting the impact of proactive personality and the chain mediating role of AI learning and AI self-efficacy in a sample of Chinese migrant workers. The empirical results of this paper are considered as helpful for organizations to formulate the policies aimed at alleviating migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk under the impact of AI technology.
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spelling doaj-art-a7d8b8f8fd604da48419e26dbb8524d22025-08-20T02:06:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782025-03-011610.3389/fpsyg.2025.14746391474639The relationship between proactive personality and migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk under the impact of artificial intelligence in ChinaGuanglu Xu0Ming Xue1School of Business, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Business Administration, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, Shanghai, ChinaIntroductionUnder the background of rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, migrant workers are at a high risk of becoming unemployed due to their low levels of human capital. As for the influencing factors of unemployment risk perception, individual characteristics are an important one. However, there remain few studies exploring the impact of personality on the perception of technical unemployment risk among migrant workers under the impact of AI. Therefore, this study examines the relationship between proactive personality and migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk, focusing on the mediating roles of AI learning and AI self-efficacy.MethodsThis study collected data through the research platform “Credamo”. A total of 551 questionnaires were recovered in this survey, of which 446 valid questionnaires were reserved for research.ResultsThe research results show that: proactive personality was negatively correlated with migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk; AI learning and AI self-efficacy mediated this relationship independently, and played a chain-mediating role in this relationship.DiscussionThe present study contributes the perception of technical unemployment risk literature by highlighting the impact of proactive personality and the chain mediating role of AI learning and AI self-efficacy in a sample of Chinese migrant workers. The empirical results of this paper are considered as helpful for organizations to formulate the policies aimed at alleviating migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk under the impact of AI technology.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1474639/fullproactive personalityAI learningAI self-efficacyperception of technical unemployment riskmigrant workers
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The relationship between proactive personality and migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk under the impact of artificial intelligence in China
Frontiers in Psychology
proactive personality
AI learning
AI self-efficacy
perception of technical unemployment risk
migrant workers
title The relationship between proactive personality and migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk under the impact of artificial intelligence in China
title_full The relationship between proactive personality and migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk under the impact of artificial intelligence in China
title_fullStr The relationship between proactive personality and migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk under the impact of artificial intelligence in China
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between proactive personality and migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk under the impact of artificial intelligence in China
title_short The relationship between proactive personality and migrant workers’ perception of technical unemployment risk under the impact of artificial intelligence in China
title_sort relationship between proactive personality and migrant workers perception of technical unemployment risk under the impact of artificial intelligence in china
topic proactive personality
AI learning
AI self-efficacy
perception of technical unemployment risk
migrant workers
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1474639/full
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