AI-Mediated Leadership and New Employee Onboarding: Applying Expectation Violation Theory to Understand Acceptance of AI Avatars

Yichen Liu; Yaqi Zhang

doi:10.54254/2977-5701/2024.19658

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Received: 25 November 2024

Published: 26 December 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2977-5701/2024.19658

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Liu,Y.;Zhang,Y. (2024). AI-Mediated Leadership and New Employee Onboarding: Applying Expectation Violation Theory to Understand Acceptance of AI Avatars. Journal of Applied Economics and Policy Studies,15,1-5.

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