Engaged to a robot? The role of AI in service

MH Huang, RT Rust - Journal of Service Research, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This article develops a strategic framework for using artificial intelligence (AI) to engage
customers for different service benefits. This framework lays out guidelines of how to use …

Artificial intelligence: Disrupting what we know about services

DE Bock, JS Wolter, OC Ferrell - Journal of Services Marketing, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently having a dramatic impact on marketing. Future
manifestations of AI are expected to bring even greater change, possibly ushering in the …

Artificial intelligence in service

MH Huang, RT Rust - Journal of service research, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly reshaping service by performing various tasks,
constituting a major source of innovation, yet threatening human jobs. We develop a theory …

[PDF][PDF] Artificial intelligence and robots in the service encounter

S Paluch, J Wirtz - Journal of service management research, 2020 - helda.helsinki.fi
This special issue on AI and robots in service interactions of the Journal of Service
Management Research aims to contribute and elaborated our understanding of the new …

How smart should a service robot be?

J Schepers, D Belanche, LV Casaló… - Journal of Service …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Service robots are taking over the frontline. They can possess three types of artificial
intelligence (AI): mechanical, thinking, and feeling AI. Although these intelligences …

Customer acceptance of AI in service encounters: understanding antecedents and consequences

AL Ostrom, D Fotheringham, MJ Bitner - Handbook of service science …, 2019 - Springer
In this chapter, we take a customer-centric view of narrow artificial intelligence (AI), or task-
specific AI applications. Because of the breadth and extent of AI applications, we limit our …

The dark side of artificial intelligence in services

D Belanche, RW Belk, LV Casaló… - The Service Industries …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, including Generative AI, are being increasingly
implemented in service industries, and are having a great impact on service operations and …

Service robots, customers and service employees: what can we learn from the academic literature and where are the gaps?

VN Lu, J Wirtz, WH Kunz, S Paluch, T Gruber… - Journal of Service …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Robots are predicted to have a profound impact on the service sector. The
emergence of robots has attracted increasing interest from business scholars and …

I, robot, you, consumer: Measuring artificial intelligence types and their effect on consumers emotions in service

E Pantano, D Scarpi - Journal of Service Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This research draws upon the increasing usage of AI in service. It aims at understanding the
extent to which AI systems have multiple intelligence types like humans and if these types …

Artificially intelligent device use in service delivery: A systematic review, synthesis, and research agenda

OH Chi, G Denton, D Gursoy - Journal of Hospitality Marketing & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study undertakes a systematic review of Artificial Intelligence and its applications to
service encounters and the hospitality industry by reviewing publications that (1) mainly …