Incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a significant step and, as such, will rely on the country’s strategies to achieve related objectives. However, technological innovation and assimilation go beyond investing in tech resources. The UAE has to prepare its workforce, which includes the managers and employees, and develops a culture that appreciates the digital revolution concerning AI. Consequently, leadership occupies a crucial role in the effective introduction and execution of technological changes (Wang et al., 2019). It will take UAE organizations time to integrate artificial intelligence into their industries fully, and therefore, the nation needs entities and personnel who will manage specific strategies and teams of employees to be successful. Leaders must be at the forefront in ensuring that the workforce appreciates the role of AI in future organizational and economic. Consequently, the managers’ attitudes towards the adoption of artificial intelligence equally impact their subordinates’ interpretations and perceptions of the technology. Leaders are supposed to act as role models in the understanding and application of artificial intelligence. According to Cortellazzo et al. (2019), there is a connection between attitude and interest, and therefore, the managers’ willingness to learn more about AI demonstrates how well they are ready to embrace the technology. Even though it might seem so obvious that leaders who wish to guide their teams through the successful implementation of AI in various organizations must express the urge to understand the technology, it is not the case. The managers who know that AI is different from other innovations will demonstrate the attitude to study different types of artificial intelligence that will be resourceful to their industries before directing their subordinates through the same (Cortellazzo et al., 2019). On the other hand, leaders who perceive AI as other inventions will be sluggish in expressing their interests in the same because they fail to understand its importance in the company’s future developments. Positive attitudes translate to constructive plans of action, which will steer a team in the right direction to success. Consequently, leaders who appreciate artificial intelligence play a significant role in the future developments of a company by setting comprehensible objectives and ambitions that prepare their teams for the technology. According to the behavioral theory, a leader’s success is determined by her habits and not her natural skills (Heukamp, 2019). Therefore, attitude plays a great role in ensuring managers within various economic sectors in the UAE develop plans in preparation for AI adoption. Autocratic leaders will wait until the last minute to force their subordinates into using artificial intelligence, while those who prefer the strategic approach will introduce the technology early enough and consider it as a growth opportunity. Compared to moderating variables, which influence the strength of relationships within research, mediating variables define the process through which study elements interact. The thesis’ main objective is to understand the connection between AI readiness and the adoption of the same. Whereas, as init