Sustainable HR Practices with AI
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.70301/SBS.MONO.2025.1.5Keywords:
leadership, innovation, commitment, resilience, artificial intelligence or AI, sustainability;Abstract
Artificial intelligence (AI) is crucial for productivity and efficiency. Employees’ deteriorating commitment and resilience add to organizations’ concerns on sustainability. An innovative culture facilitates organizations to benefit from AI, whilst leadership influences innovation, employees’ commitment and resilience. The current study aims to examine the mediating effects of innovative culture on the positive relationships of transformational leadership with employees’ affective organizational commitment and resilience and identify practical recommendations for employers, leaders and HR practitioners to drive innovation and sustainability. Data were collected from a random sample of 430 employees in Hong Kong via an online survey with validated scales. Structured equation modelling through SmartPLS (Version 4.1.0.9) was used to examine the linear relations and the mediating effects. Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted to validate how transformational leaders drive AI development and adoption, innovation and workforce sustainability in their organization. Transformational leadership was positively related to innovative culture (p=0.000), employees’ affective organizational commitment (p=0.000) and resilience (p=0.000), whilst innovative culture was positively related to employees’ affective organizational commitment (p=0.000) and resilience (p=0.010). Hence, innovative culture partially mediated the positive relationships between transformational leadership and employees’ affective organizational commitment and resilience. The interviews showed that transformational leaders are role models who create psychological safety for their employees to take risk with accountability to enable experimentation, expose employees to stimulations for innovation and growth, establish trust and transparent communication with everyone to strengthen their affective organizational commitment and resilience to adversity. Leaders should demonstrate transformational leadership to drive employees’ affective commitment and resilience, which are crucial for their organization’s sustainability. Transformational leadership also helps leaders create an innovative culture to facilitate the development and implementation of AI. HR practitioners should implement leadership development programs focused on transformational leadership.
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• The work can be freely used, shared, and adapted by anyone, provided that proper attribution is given to the original Author.
• The full license terms can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
• No additional restrictions are placed on the use of published articles.
3. Author Responsibilities and Warranties
The Author guarantees that:
• The submitted work is original and has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.
• The work does not infringe on any third-party rights, including copyright, trademark, or proprietary rights.
• All necessary permissions for copyrighted materials used in the manuscript (e.g., figures, tables) have been obtained.
• The manuscript complies with ethical research standards and does not contain any form of plagiarism or falsified data.
4. Editorial and Publication Process
• The Journal reserves the right to perform editorial revisions for clarity, formatting, and consistency while maintaining the integrity of the Author’s work.
• The publication of an article is subject to peer review, and acceptance is not guaranteed upon submission.
5. Retraction and Corrections
• The Journal follows COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines and reserves the right to retract, correct, or withdraw an article in cases of misconduct, errors, or ethical concerns.
6. Governing Law
This Agreement is governed by the laws of Switzerland. Any disputes arising under this Agreement shall be resolved in the courts of Zurich, Switzerland.
7. Agreement Acceptance
By submitting a manuscript, the Author acknowledges and agrees to the terms outlined in this Agreement.
Editor-In-Chief
Prof. Dr. Milos Petkovic
