Prof. Aleksandra Przegalińska, Leon Ciechanowski, PhD, Konrad Sowa, PhD, and Anna Kovbasiuk – researchers affiliated with Kozminski University – are co-authors of a research article published in Harvard Business Review. The article “Does Your AI Have a Personality Problem?” was developed through international collaboration with Tamilla Triantoro, PhD, of Quinnipiac University and Yale University, and Richard B. Freeman of Harvard University.
The authors analyze how AI communication style affects people’s behavior in organizations. In the study, participants performed a simulated marketing task while working with a chatbot presented as their supervisor. Some participants worked with an AI using a supportive communication style, while others interacted with a sarcastic, impatient and confrontational chatbot. The results showed that the “personality” of AI can influence stress levels, the course of interaction and work quality. In Harvard Business Review, the researchers emphasize that the way AI communicates with employees may be just as important as what the system is able to do.
The findings of the study, funded by the National Science Centre under the OPUS 21 grant, are discussed in more detail in Kozminski Review.
Kozminski University in the global debate on AI
The publication in the prestigious Harvard Business Review strengthens the international visibility of research conducted at Kozminski University. It also forms part of the broader ecosystem of Kozminski University’s activities in the areas of artificial intelligence, work and the education of the future.
The University is developing, among other initiatives, research cooperation with Harvard Law School within the AISOME project, which focuses on the social consequences of artificial intelligence and automation for the labor market, migration, social mobility, work organization and inequalities. It is also preparing, in international partnership, an application for the prestigious ERC Synergy Grant.
At the same time, Kozminski University is developing projects related to the responsible use of AI in education. As part of the EUonAIR consortium, the University is involved in work on the MyAI virtual campus and on solutions supporting AI-based education, open research and innovation.
The University has also received funding from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange for the development of the MyAI University platform under the Support for European Universities 2025 program. The project includes, among other activities, the development of micro-courses, educational chatbots, course evaluation systems and recommendations on the quality of teaching using AI.
