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Leader-Member Exchange, Responsible Artificial Intelligence, and Self-Determination Theory: An Integrative Review of Leadership, Autonomy, and Motivation in Ai-Augmented Workplaces Cover

Leader-Member Exchange, Responsible Artificial Intelligence, and Self-Determination Theory: An Integrative Review of Leadership, Autonomy, and Motivation in Ai-Augmented Workplaces

Scientific Bulletin
Volume 30 (2025): Issue 2 (December 2025)
By: Garrett HART  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bsaft-2025-0019 | Journal eISSN: 3100-5098 | Journal ISSN: 3100-508X
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Language: English
Page range: 173 - 185
Published on: Dec 16, 2025
Published by: Nicolae Balcescu Land Forces Academy
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Generation Z,
leader-member exchange,
psychological safety,
responsible AI,
self-determination theory
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Introductions and overviews,
Engineering, other,
Law,
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Business management,
Management, organization, corporate governance,
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Political science,
Military policy

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