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ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Generative AI Adoption on Students' Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intentions.

Weiwei Kong, Haiqing Hu, Zhaoqun Wang, Jianqi Qiao, Jianjun Liu

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Weiwei KongSchool of Economics and Management, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.
Haiqing HuSchool of Economics and Management, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.
Zhaoqun WangSchool of Economics and Management, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9111-2344
Jianqi QiaoSchool of Economics and Management, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.
Jianjun LiuSchool of Economics and Management, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an 710054, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 71372173National Natural Science Foundation of China 71672144National Natural Science Foundation of China 72072144Sanqin Talent Special Support Program Leading Talent Project in Philosophy, Social Sciences and Culture and Art 105-253062401Shaanxi Province Innovation Capacity Support Program Soft Science Research Project 2019KRZ007Shaanxi Province Innovation Capacity Support Program Soft Science Research Project 2021KRM183Shaanxi Province Innovation Capacity Support Program Soft Science Research Project 2024ZC-YBXM-031Shaanxi Province Innovation Capacity Support Program Soft Science Research Project 2025WZ-YBXM-18Xi'an Science and Technology Bureau Soft Science Research Project 21RKYJ0009Xi'an Science and Technology Bureau Soft Science Research Project 23RKYJ0001
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Abstract

Grounded in regulatory focus theory, this study investigates the double-edged sword effect of generative AI adoption on sustainable entrepreneurial intentions and its underlying mechanisms. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted among 357 business students from public universities in China. The results reveal that generative AI adoption exerts a double-edged effect: it enhances sustainable entrepreneurial intentions by strengthening sustainable entrepreneurial self-efficacy through a promotion-focused pathway, while simultaneously undermining such intentions by heightening sustainable entrepreneurial fear of failure via a prevention-focused pathway. Moreover, artificial intelligence literacy moderates these relationships, amplifying the positive influence of generative AI adoption on entrepreneurial self-efficacy and attenuating its negative effect on fear of failure. This study enhances understanding of sustainable entrepreneurship amid the rise in generative AI, extends regulatory focus theory, and informs the development of AI-integrated sustainability education in academic institutions.

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artificial intelligence literacygenerative AI adoptionsustainable entrepreneurial fear of failuresustainable entrepreneurial intentionssustainable entrepreneurial self-efficacy

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