Research: Why Some Junior Employees Work Well with AI–and Others Don't
Harvard Business Review LogoGenerative AIResearch: Why Some Junior Employees Work Well with AI—and Others Don’t by Ashish Agarwal, Anitesh Barua, Anu Puvvada, Fangchen Song and Wen WenJuly 23, 2026Bernhard Lang/Getty ImagesPostPostShareSavePrintSummary. These jobs used to be full of tasks that created an onramp into an industry and helped junior employees start building expertise. But now, many of these tasks are at risk of being delegated to AI-powered workflows, which are increasingly capable of handling analytical, information-intensive assignments.
- ▪Harvard Business Review LogoGenerative AIResearch: Why Some Junior Employees Work Well with AI—and Others Don’t by Ashish Agarwal, Anitesh Barua, Anu Puvvada, Fangchen Song and Wen WenJuly 23, 2026Bernhard Lang/Getty ImagesPostPostShareSave
- ▪These jobs used to be full of tasks that created an onramp into an industry and helped junior employees start building expertise.
- ▪But now, many of these tasks are at risk of being delegated to AI-powered workflows, which are increasingly capable of handling analytical, information-intensive assignments.
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Harvard Business Review LogoGenerative AIResearch: Why Some Junior Employees Work Well with AI—and Others Don’t by Ashish Agarwal, Anitesh Barua, Anu Puvvada, Fangchen Song and Wen WenJuly 23, 2026Bernhard Lang/Getty ImagesPostPostShareSavePrintSummary. Organizations need to understand how individuals create value beyond the AI baseline in real organizational settings, particularly in higher-stakes professional work requiring judgment, domain...moreLeer en españolLer em portuguêsPostPostShareSavePrintEntry-level employees are on the front lines of a rapid shift in knowledge work. These jobs used to be full of tasks that created an onramp into an industry and helped junior employees start building expertise.
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