Table 3 Results of Structural Model.

From: The dark side of artificial intelligence adoption: linking artificial intelligence adoption to employee depression via psychological safety and ethical leadership

Hypothesis

Path (Relationship)

Unstandardized Estimate

S.E.

Standardized

Estimate

Supported

1

AI adoption in an organization -> Depression

0.008

0.048

0.009

No

2

AI adoption in an organization -> Psychological Safety

−0.134

0.026

−0.324***

Yes

3

Psychological Safety -> Depression

−0.421

0.123

−0.211***

Yes

5

AI adoption in an organization × Ethical Leadership

0.127

0.033

0.211***

Yes

  1. ***p < 0.001. Estimate indicates standardized coefficients. S.E. means standard error. The coefficient value of the path from AI adoption in an organization to depression (H1) was in the partial mediation model, which was not accepted as a final model.