University of Tehran Press Interdisciplinary Journal of Management Studies 2981-0795 19 3 2026 05 31 A Study on the Implications of AI on Industry 4.0: Digitalisation of Human Resources 713 731 104305 10.22059/ijms.2025.392624.677510 EN Bandaru Sirisha Department of MBA, KL Business School, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram Campus, Andhra Pradesh, India V.S. Prasad Kandi Department of MBA, KL Business School, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram Campus, Andhra Pradesh, India M. Radhika Raja Bahadur Venkata Rama Reddy Institute of Technology, Abids, , India Journal Article 2025 04 25 Robotics innovation, encompassing the Internet of Things and AI, has created vast scenarios in the workplace. Flexibility, precision, and efficiency are some of Industry 4.0's possible advantages. Industry 4.0 deployment calls for several adjustments, encompassing the Human Resources (HR) department. The HR department's skills are crucial in Industry 4.0 and provide an advantage for the company, more caution and flexibility in the HR department's capacity to respond to the necessities and challenges. We explore the role of AI in the digitalization of HR and practices associated with Industry 4.0. A total of 258 HR experts from administration, manufacturing, and information technology (IT) were chosen to take part in this evaluation, which investigated three aspects of HR readiness and five AI applications in HR operations. The collected data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software along with Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS). The findings suggested that a key factor in achieving sustainable development is the analysis of hierarchical structures. The five components of AI application areas in HR all improve the abilities and adaptability of human resources. Enhancing safety and well-being was also considered essential for AI integration in HR. https://ijms.ut.ac.ir/article_104305_4c98472d5c031a1ba546923f71ce6e5a.pdf