講座題目:Demystifying AI for the Workforce: The Role of Explainable AI in Worker Acceptance and Management Relations(為勞動者揭開AI的神秘面紗:可解釋人工智能在勞動者接受度與管理關系中的作用)
主講人:路英(Ying Candy Lu) 澳大利亞麥考瑞大學(Macquarie University)
講座時間:2025年12月19日14:30
講座地點:學院210
講座主要內(nèi)容:
In the digital era, organisations are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to optimise their operations and decision-making. However, the opaqueness of AI processes raises concerns over trust, fairness, and autonomy, especially in the gig economy, where AI-driven management is ubiquitous. This study investigates how explainable AI (xAI), through comparative use of counterfactual versus factual and local versus global explanations, shapes gig workers’ acceptance of AI-driven decisions and management relations, drawing on cognitive load theory. Using experimental data from 1,107 gig workers, we found that both counterfactual (relative to factual) and local (relative to global) explanations increase the acceptance of AI decisions. However, the combination of local and counterfactual explanations can overwhelm workers, thereby reducing these positive effects. Further, worker acceptance mediated the relationship between xAI explanations and management relations. A follow-up study using a simplified scenario and additional procedural controls confirmed the robustness of these effects. Our findings underscore the value of carefully tailored xAI in fostering equitable, transparent, and constructive organisational practices in digitally mediated work environments.
在數(shù)字時代,組織正日益借助人工智能(AI)來優(yōu)化運營與決策。然而,AI過程的“黑箱性”引發(fā)了對信任、公平與自主性的擔憂,尤其是在零工經(jīng)濟中,AI驅(qū)動的管理已無處不在。本研究基于認知負荷理論,考察可解釋人工智能(xAI)如何通過不同解釋形式的比較使用——反事實解釋與事實解釋、局部解釋與全局解釋——影響零工勞動者對AI驅(qū)動決策的接受度及其管理關系。基于來自1,107名零工勞動者的實驗數(shù)據(jù),我們發(fā)現(xiàn),與事實解釋相比,反事實解釋能夠提升勞動者對AI決策的接受度;與全局解釋相比,局部解釋同樣能夠提高接受度。然而,局部解釋與反事實解釋的組合可能使勞動者產(chǎn)生過高的認知負荷,從而削弱上述積極效應。此外,勞動者的接受度在xAI解釋與管理關系之間發(fā)揮了中介作用。隨后開展的一項后續(xù)研究通過采用更簡化的情境與額外的程序性控制,進一步驗證了上述效應的穩(wěn)健性。研究結(jié)果表明,在數(shù)字化中介的工作環(huán)境中,精心設計并因情境制宜地提供xAI解釋,對于促進更為公平、透明且建設性的組織實踐具有重要價值。
個人學術簡介:
路英(Ying Candy Lu),澳大利亞麥考瑞大學(Macquarie University,QS 世界排名第 138 位)商學院管理學系副教授。國際商務碩士學位、商科碩士(國際商務方向)負責人,麥考瑞大學職業(yè)健康研究中心(Health at Work Research Centre)亞太區(qū)主任。研究領域涵蓋可持續(xù)人力資源管理、算法人力資源管理、跨國公司管理及人工智能輔助決策等。研究成果發(fā)表在多本國際知名學術期刊上,包括 Human Resource Management、Journal of Management Studies、Journal of Business Ethics、Human Resource Management Journal、Journal of Business Research 以及 Safety Science 等。曾榮獲多項國際學術獎項,包括美國管理學會(Academy of Management)與英國管理學會(British Academy of Management)的最佳論文獎,以及麥考瑞大學 2023 年度研究卓越獎。目前擔任 The International Journal of Human Resource Management、Journal of Business Research、Stress & Health 與 Chinese Management Studies 副主編,并任 Human Resource Management、Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources 及 Australian Journal of Management 編委, Journal of Business Ethics 等國際頂級期刊擔任客座編輯。