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 …

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 …

Do we trust in AI? Role of anthropomorphism and intelligence

I Troshani, S Rao Hill, C Sherman… - Journal of Computer …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT AI applications are radically transforming the manner in which service providers
and consumers interact. We explore how the humanness of AI applications affects …

When AI-based services fail: examining the effect of the self-AI connection on willingness to share negative word-of-mouth after service failures

B Huang, M Philp - The Service Industries Journal, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Recent proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) in service encounters gives rise to questions
on how consumers respond to these novel technologies. This study seeks to examine the …

Getting smart: Learning from technology-empowered frontline interactions

D Marinova, K de Ruyter, MH Huang… - Journal of Service …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Smart technologies are rapidly transforming frontline employee-customer interactions.
However, little academic research has tackled urgent, relevant questions regarding such …

Intention to use analytical artificial intelligence (AI) in services–the effect of technology readiness and awareness

C Flavián, A Pérez-Rueda, D Belanche… - Journal of Service …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The automation of services is rapidly growing, led by sectors such as banking and
financial investment. The growing number of investments managed by artificial intelligence …

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 …

AI customer service: Task complexity, problem-solving ability, and usage intention

Y Xu, CH Shieh, P van Esch… - Australasian marketing …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of customer service, we define as a technology-
enabled system for evaluating real-time service scenarios using data collected from digital …

[HTML][HTML] Chatbots or me? Consumers' switching between human agents and conversational agents

CY Li, JT Zhang - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2023 - Elsevier
With the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in organizational frontlines,
customers' service experiences have begun to shift from interactions with service personnel …