Sustainable Development Through Discrete Pathways: AI and Organizational Creativity in Saudi Arabia’s Healthcare Sector

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10.2991/978-94-6463-968-1_26How to use a DOI?

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Sustainable Development; Artificial Intelligence; Organizational Creativity

Abstract

This investigation examines the independent contributions of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and organizational creativity to sustainable development outcomes within Saudi Arabia’s healthcare sector. Despite theoretical predictions of synergistic interactions between technological and creative capabilities, empirical evidence from institutionalized healthcare contexts remains limited. This study, employing structural equation modelling with data from 304 healthcare professionals across two major healthcare institutions, reveals unexpected findings that challenge prevailing theoretical assumptions. Contrary to established technology management literature, the analysis demonstrates that AI capabilities and organizational creativity function as parallel, non-interactive contributors to sustainability rather than exhibiting the synergistic relationships hypothesized in existing theoretical frameworks. All five dimensions of AI capabilities examined, Data Infrastructure, Technology, Technical Skills, Business Skills, and Organizational Change Capacity, demonstrate strong positive direct effects on sustainable development outcomes, with standardized coefficients ranging from 0.307 to 0.590. Organizational creativity similarly exhibits positive direct effects, albeit with more modest magnitudes (β = 0.202-0.244). However, the comprehensive absence of significant moderation effects across all hypothesized interactions challenges conventional assumptions about technology-creativity synergies, suggesting that highly regulated healthcare environments may fundamentally alter how organizational capabilities translate into sustainable outcomes.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hassan Mousa
AU  - Majed Al-Dubai
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/12/28
TI  - Sustainable Development Through Discrete Pathways: AI and Organizational Creativity in Saudi Arabia’s Healthcare Sector
BT  - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance and Economics (BAFE 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 360
EP  - 380
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-968-1_26
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-968-1_26
ID  - Mousa2025
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