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Using AI-Simulated Personas to Explore Motivational Interventions: A Methodological Investigation

2026-02-13

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<h4>Background: </h4> Experimental research on workplace motivation faces significant practical and ethical constraints. Random assignment to motivational interventions, manipulation of organizational contexts, and testing across diverse populations are often infeasible in field settings. <h4>Objective:</h4> This paper investigates whether AI-simulated worker personas can serve as a complementary methodological to...

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Literature Corpus work: 9cab5588-229c-5b4b-8d5b-bca1d7fe002c
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202602.1127.v1

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