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It’s Not the AI, It’s Us: Individual Concerns and the Challenge of AI Adoption in Organizations

By: Tingting He  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/minib-2025-0009 | Journal eISSN: 2353-8414 | Journal ISSN: 2353-8503
Language: English
Page range: 65 - 85
Submitted on: Sep 12, 2025
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Accepted on: Oct 24, 2025
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Published on: Dec 29, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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