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How perceived fairness of algorithmic decision-making (FAD) relates to university teachers\u2019 job burnout, and through what psychological mechanism, remains unclear. Drawing on the transactional theory of stress and organizational support theory, we built a moderated chain-mediation model in which psychological safety and algorithm anxiety operate as sequential mediators and organizational support acts as a moderator. Questionnaire data were collected from 895 university teachers in Shanghai and Gansu, China, and the model was tested with the SPSS PROCESS macro using standardized coefficients and bias-corrected bootstrapping. Three findings emerged. First, FAD was negatively associated with job burnout, and this relationship was fully accounted for by the proposed mediators. Second, psychological safety and algorithm anxiety each mediated the link and together formed a significant serial path (FAD\u202f\u2192\u202fpsychological safety\u202f\u2192\u202falgorithm anxiety\u202f\u2192\u202fjob burnout;\n                    <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u202f=\u202f\u22120.002, 95% CI [\u22120.005, \u22120.000]); algorithm anxiety was the single strongest mediator, accounting for 23.60% of the total effect. Third, organizational support moderated the algorithm anxiety\u2013burnout association: Johnson\u2013Neyman analysis indicated a significant positive association at low support (below 4.16) that became non-significant in the mid-range and, above 5.36, reversed in sign. Because the design is cross-sectional, this reversal should be read as a boundary pattern that requires replication rather than as evidence of a causal switch. By situating FAD, psychological safety, algorithm anxiety, and job burnout within one framework, the study clarifies the technology\u2013individual\u2013organization interplay and offers evidence for fairer algorithmic governance and for protecting teachers\u2019 occupational health.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1901039","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,26]],"date-time":"2026-08-26T14:14:11Z","timestamp":1787753651000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Perceived fairness of algorithmic decision-making and university teachers\u2019 job burnout: a moderated chain-mediation model"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Jiwei","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management, Lanzhou Technology and Business College","place":["Lanzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Decheng","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Management, Lanzhou Technology and Business College","place":["Lanzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Education, Lanzhou University","place":["Lanzhou, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"273","DOI":"10.1037\/ocp0000056","article-title":"Job demands\u2013resources theory: taking stock and looking forward","volume":"22","author":"Bakker","year":"2017","journal-title":"J. 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