Getting in Contract with Large Language Models—An Agency Theory Perspective on Large Language Model Alignment — Kaltenpoth & Müller (2026)

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Getting in Contract with Large Language Models – An Agency Theory Perspective on Large Language Model Alignment Research Paper Sascha Kaltenpoth1 and Oliver Müller1 Paderborn University, Department of Business Administration and Economics, Paderborn, Germany Abstract. Adopting Large language models (LLMs) in organizations potentially revolutionizes our lives and work. However, they can generate off-topic, dis- criminating, or harmful content. This AI alignment problem often stems from misspecifications during the LLM adoption, unnoticed by the principal due to the LLM’s black-box nature…