30 years of artificial intelligence (AI) research relating to the hospitality and tourism industry

H Kong, K Wang, X Qiu, C Cheung… - International Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to review the progress of research on artificial intelligence (AI)
relating to the hospitality and tourism industry, focusing on the content, focal points, key …

Service robots: Trends and technology

JA Gonzalez-Aguirre, R Osorio-Oliveros… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The 2021 sales volume in the market of service robots is attractive. Expert reports from the
International Federation of Robotics confirm 27 billion USD in total market share. Moreover …

Service robots: Applying social exchange theory to better understand human–robot interactions

H Kim, KKF So, J Wirtz - Tourism Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite service robots' importance in the tourism industry, few studies have investigated
human–robot interaction from a reciprocal exchange perspective. This paper applies social …

Influence of robots service quality on customers' acceptance in restaurants

TR Shah, P Kautish, K Mehmood - Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of AI service robots on restaurant customers'
engagement and acceptance and the moderating role of robot anthropomorphism on the …

Robots at your service: value facilitation and value co-creation in restaurants

X Zhang, MS Balaji, Y Jiang - International Journal of Contemporary …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to understand the process of guest-robot value co-creation in the
restaurant context. It empirically examines the guest perception of value facilitation by …

Talking to a bot or a wall? How chatbots vs. human agents affect anticipated communication quality

Q Zhou, B Li, L Han, M Jou - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Chatbots have been applied to computer-mediated communication to replace human agents
due to their high efficiency and cost-effectiveness. However, their outcomes are not always …

The impact of artificial intelligence stimuli on customer engagement and value co-creation: the moderating role of customer ability readiness

L Gao, G Li, F Tsai, C Gao, M Zhu, X Qu - Journal of Research in …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This article analyzes the effects of artificial intelligence (AI) stimuli on customer
engagement as well as on value co-creation. The moderating role played by customer ability …

The adoption of social robots in service operations: A comprehensive review

LP Vishwakarma, RK Singh, R Mishra, D Demirkol… - Technology in …, 2023 - Elsevier
A bibliometric analysis has been conducted by utilizing keywords and metadata acquired
from the SCOPUS database. Following that, we focused on the adoption of social robots in …

Online service failure: antecedents, moderators and consequences

M Adil, M Sadiq, C Jebarajakirthy… - Journal of Service …, 2022 - emerald.com
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(Im) Balanced customer-oriented behaviors and AI chatbots' Efficiency–Flexibility performance: The moderating role of customers' rational choices

H Fan, B Han, W Gao - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2022 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) based chatbots are increasingly deployed in frontline encounters,
because they combine frontline service efficiency and flexibility. Using a large-scale data set …