When algorithmic managers fail to fulfill their promises: The role of anthropomorphism in shaping justice perceptions.

PLoS One · 2026 · PMC12923041 · PMID 41719274

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Additionally, although the experimental manipulations were generally effective across both studies, the effect of the type of nonfulfilled promises on its corresponding manipulation check was only marginally significant ( p = .06) in Study 1 (yet significant in Study 2).

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