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To investigate the relationships among technology anxiety, self-efficacy, and role adaptation among university teachers facing generative AI integration, focusing on the mediating role of career identity.

August 19, 2026INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION RESEARCH STUDIESOpen Access

Understanding University Teachers' Role Adaptation in the Age of Generative AI: The Roles of Technology Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Career Identity

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FSFan SuYunnan Agricultural University HWHuisuan WeiUCSI University OBOmar Muhd Khaizer BinUniversiti Putra Malaysia

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Structural equation modeling reveals role adaptation drivers in university teachers, highlighting career identity as a key mediating pathway.

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To investigate the relationships among technology anxiety, self-efficacy, and role adaptation among university teachers facing generative AI integration, focusing on the mediating role of career identity.
Surveyed a sample of N=376 university teachers.
Analyzed structural relationships and mediation effects using structural equation modeling.
Technology anxiety (β = 0.356, p < 0.001) and self-efficacy (β = 0.371, p < 0.001) directly predicted higher role adaptation to generative AI.
Career identity exerted a direct effect on role adaptation (β = 0.237, p < 0.01) and partially mediated the effects of technology anxiety (β = 0.492, p < 0.001; ~25% of total effect) and self-efficacy (β = 0.391, p < 0.001; ~20% of total effect).

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Su et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a85639d03308d306e2d6e3c https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21978044

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Structural equation modeling reveals role adaptation drivers in university teachers, highlighting career identity as a key mediating pathway.

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