Impact of the introduction of service robots on consumer satisfaction: Empirical evidence from hotels

X Wu, Y Huo - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Service robots have become integral to the service industry in the context of
intelligent upgrading and transformation, both of which affect consumer evaluations of their …

Are we ready for hotel robots after the pandemic? A profile analysis

F Binesh, S Baloglu - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has changed many aspects of the hospitality and tourism industry, including
technology-oriented and contactless solutions. Despite the increasing number of service …

Assessing the hotel service robot interaction on tourists' behaviour: the role of anthropomorphism

JW Jia, N Chung, J Hwang - Industrial Management & Data Systems, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of service robots on hotel
visitors' behaviour and to verify the role of anthropomorphism (human likeness) in customer …

Asymmetrical influences of service robots' perceived performance on overall customer satisfaction: an empirical investigation leveraging online reviews

M Borghi, MM Mariani - Journal of Travel Research, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Service scholars seem to have empirically overlooked the impact of service robots in the
overall customer evaluation of tourism services. This study addresses this gap by leveraging …

Customers' perceptions toward service robots at restaurants: The moderating role of consumer innovativeness and the mediating role of perceived hedonic benefits

S Alotaibi, K Shafieizadeh… - Journal of Quality …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The number of restaurants that have added service robots to their operation has increased
recently; however, research on their impact on customers' perceptions and intentions is …

Service robots in full-and limited-service restaurants: Extending technology acceptance model

WK Kao, YSS Huang - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2023 - Elsevier
As the role of service robots has become increasingly important in service encounters,
existing literature has widely adopted the technology acceptance model to understand …

Rise of the machines: examining the influence of professional service robots attributes on consumers' experience

Y Wang, X Cai, C Xu, J Li - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to explore the antecedents of perceived value and the moderating
effect of trust and the relationship between these antecedents and perceived value in the …

Service robots in hotels: understanding the service quality perceptions of human-robot interaction

Y Choi, M Choi, M Oh, S Kim - Journal of Hospitality Marketing & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Hotel industry started to adopt service robots, which are considered a future workforce.
However, no attempt was conducted to examine the dimensionality of service quality of …

Factors influencing consumers' willingness to accept service robots: Based on online reviews of Chinese hotels

C Chang, B Shao, Y Li, Y Zhang - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The application of robots in service industry is increasing. Compared with related studies in
other countries, the research on users' acceptance of mid-range and high-range hotel …

What affects the acceptance and use of hotel service robots by elderly customers?

T Huang - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Against the realistic backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic and an aging population,
emerging robot technology provides a new path for the development of high-quality hotel …