Virtual coaches: background, theories, and future research directions

TG Weimann, H Schlieter, AB Brendel - Business & Information Systems …, 2022 - Springer
Digitalization crosses all areas of life (Hess et al. 2014). Recent progress in artificial
intelligence (AI) opens new potentials for further developments and improvements, with …

Effectiveness of multicomponent interventions and physical activity in the workplace to reduce obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MR Jimenez-Merida, M Vaquero-Abellan… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Overweight and obesity are public health problems that affects the workplace.
This paper aims to analyse the effectiveness of workplace health promotion interventions in …

The use of robots in the workplace: Conclusions from a health promoting intervention using social robots

SL Lopes, AI Ferreira, R Prada - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2023 - Springer
Workplace wellness programs constitute a preventive measure to help avoid healthcare
costs for companies, with additional benefits for employee productivity and other …

Motivation-based approach for tailoring persuasive mental health applications

F Alqahtani, R Orji, H Riper, N Mccleary… - Behaviour & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The growing number of people with mental health issues and the worldwide shortage of
professionals emphasise the need for tailored persuasive interventions. This paper explores …

Designing Virtual Coaching Solutions: Design and Evaluation of a Digital Health Intervention for Rehabilitation

H Schlieter, K Gand, TG Weimann, E Sandner… - Business & Information …, 2024 - Springer
Especially older persons are prone to disabilities and chronic diseases. These chronic
conditions pose a worldwide challenge, leading to deteriorating health, economic strain …

Understanding the empathetic reactivity of conversational agents: Measure development and validation

B Lee, M Yong Yi - International Journal of Human–Computer …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
With the advancement of artificial intelligence, conversational agents are now capable of
displaying intelligent and emotionally empathetic responses, which are essential for the …

What to Discuss?—A Blueprint Topic Model for Health Coaching Dialogues With Conversational Agents

T Beinema, H Op den Akker, HJ Hermens… - … Journal of Human …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Conversational agents (CAs) are often included as virtual coaches in eHealth applications.
Tailoring conversations with these coaches to the individual user can increase the …

Agents United: An open platform for multi-agent conversational systems

T Beinema, D Davison, D Reidsma, O Banos… - Proceedings of the 21st …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The development of applications with intelligent virtual agents (IVA) often comes with
integration of multiple complex components. In this article we present the Agents United …

MIA: Motivational interviewing agent for improving conversational skills in remote group discussions

S Samrose, E Hoque - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Since online discussion platforms can limit the perception of social cues, effective
collaboration over videochat requires additional attention to conversational skills. However …

[PDF][PDF] Modelling the key enablers and barriers of ai-based conversational agents' adoption: An ISM and MICMAC approach

S Choudhary, N Kaushik… - Journal of Content …, 2022 - researchgate.net
The purpose of the study is to evaluate and model the influencing factors that act as
facilitators and inhibitors for consumers' adoption of conversational agents. The identified …