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Opportunity or threat? The effect of implicit belief and uncertainty avoidance on job replacement

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Tam DinhORCiD

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Abstract

© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.When AI becomes the inevitable, people start to embrace and identify ways in which they can benefit from using it. Theoretical frameworks for AI adoption are abundant, most of which treat AI as a technology rather than a human peer. Applying the theory of social comparison to AI contexts, the current research expounds on the interplay between implicit belief in AI abilities and individual uncertainty avoidance on the threats of AI. Particularly, when people have a lesser need for predictability, those who believe in the malleability or fixability of AI abilities did not have different perceptions towards the possibility that they may be replaced by AI. Yet, when people are less open to risks, those who believe in the changeable abilities of AI may be more likely to consider it as a threat. Theoretically, the integration of the social comparison theory, which originated in human-to-human relationships, into AI contexts is a novel approach. Practically, the findings address the gap in which consumers may acknowledge AI ability, but they may not wish to adopt it, a significant insight for marketing managers or manufacturers of AI-empowered products.

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Author(s): Dinh TD

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science: Bridging Asia and the World

Year: 2025

Volume: 35

Issue: 2

Pages: 208-224

Online publication date: 10/03/2025

Acceptance date: 01/02/2025

ISSN (print): 2163-9159

ISSN (electronic): 2163-9167

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/21639159.2025.2465297

DOI: 10.1080/21639159.2025.2465297

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