The Future of Employees’ Learning: Understanding Generation Z Attiitudes Towards Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Generation Z’s attitude towards ever-developing technology and related AI reflects the interweavement of curiosity, fear, and cautious optimism. Since AI is constantly developing, it certainly changes the labour market, organisation processes, different human resource processes, as well as the training and development of employees. The main purpose of the research reported in this paper is to examine the attitudes of Generation Z regarding the use of artificial intelligence in the context of employee training and development. Empirical research was conducted on a sample of 129 respondents from Slovenia, and hypotheses were tested by descriptive statistics and T-test. The research results confirm the positive attitudes of Generation Z members towards contemporary training models, regardless of their sociodemographic characteristics. This aligns with the finding that Generation Z shows a strong interest in AI, with many actively seeking out information on the topic and learning about it, either formally or informally. This paper contributes to the human resource management literature because it brings new insights into Generation Z, whose participation in the active workforce will significantly increase in the coming years.