Abstract Based on Social Cognitive Career Theory, the impact of the usage of intelligent machines on the professional ability development of manufacturing employees is conducted with the mediating effect of role breadth self-efficacy and the moderating effect of workplace loneliness. The analysis of 613 questionnaire data (Study 1) and 51 qualitative interview data (Study 2) shows that the usage of intelligent machines has a positive effect on professional ability development, with role breadth self-efficacy playing a partial mediating effect; workplace loneliness negatively moderates the relationship between the usage of intelligent machines and the role breadth self-efficacy, as well as the relationship between role breadth self-efficacy and professional ability development; workplace loneliness also negatively moderates the indirect effect of the usage of intelligent machines on professional ability development through role breadth self-efficacy.
HUANG Xin,WANG Shan,LIU Chang’e等. Research on the Influential Mechanism of the Usage of Intelligent Machines on Professional Ability Development[J]. Chinese Journal of Management, 2024, 21(6): 853-.
