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Factors influencing artificial intelligence adoption in human resource management: a meta-synthesis and systematic review of multidimensional considerations
Journal of Work-Applied Management · 2026
Summary
Five themes organize adoption factors: organizational/strategic, technological/operational, human-centric, challenges/opportunities, and environmental/economic; ethical and legal considerations were especially prominent. For a founder, use this as a question to test in your own context, not a universal playbook.
For your marketing
Possible founder application
Treat this as evidence for the specific customer behavior and adoption question studied. Compare the setting and sample to your company before changing a growth decision; use a local experiment where the paper does not match your context.
Reported result
What the study found
Five themes organize adoption factors: organizational/strategic, technological/operational, human-centric, challenges/opportunities, and environmental/economic; ethical and legal considerations were especially prominent.
Research question
What the authors investigated
Which multidimensional factors influence AI adoption in HRM?
Design
Qualitative meta-synthesis systematically analyzing qualitative and quantitative studies published from 2015 to 2023.
Sample and setting
Peer-reviewed AI-in-HRM studies published 2015–2023; the accessible article synthesizes the selected literature rather than a new respondent sample.
Scope and transfer
Limitations to keep in view
Qualitative meta-synthesis depends on the included literature and search/synthesis choices; the publisher article does not report a new field sample.
Research sources
Publisher DOI record and accessible article/abstract directly support the bibliographic record and the summary fields; editorial review remains appropriate for duplicate checking against the unseen 300-study library. Correction notices were not separately verified in this collection; consult the current publisher record before applying the findings.