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Although these technologies may improve the efficiency and quality of feedback delivery, it remains unclear whether knowledge of AI involvement influences recipients\u2019 reactions to it.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This work presents results from a vignette-based experiment (\n                      <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 192) examining employees\u2019 reactions to a hypothetical performance feedback scenario. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four disclosed feedback-production workflows (fully human-written, fully AI-generated, AI-generated and human-refined, or human-written and AI-refined), while the feedback text itself was identical across conditions. Participants evaluated the feedback on a range of emotional, motivational, relational, and performance-related outcomes while AI anxiety was measured as a covariate in the analysis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Results demonstrated that fully AI-generated feedback elicited less favorable affective, motivational, relational, and performance-related responses than fully human-written feedback, whereas hybrid feedback generally occupied an intermediate position, with human-written feedback refined by AI producing outcomes comparable to purely human feedback. AI anxiety showed only limited effects.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings suggest that the perceived source of performance feedback influences how feedback is evaluated, whereas AI anxiety showed only limited associations with employees\u2019 reactions. 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