How does the anthropomorphism of service robots impact employees' role service behavior in the workplace?

Y Yang, M Chi, X Bi, Y Xu - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid adoption of service robots has altered employees' role boundaries and tasks.
Anthropomorphism plays a key role in understanding human responses to robots. However …

The influence of brand credibility and brand loyalty on customer satisfaction and continued use intention in new voice assistance services based on AI

L Matosas-López - Journal of Marketing Analytics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The use of Voice Assistance Systems based on Artificial Intelligence (VASAI)-such
as Siri, Alexa, and many others-is becoming more and more popular; however, studies on …

“I was so scared I quit”: Uncanny valley effects of robots' human-likeness on employee fear and industry turnover intentions

C Shum, HJ Kim, JR Calhoun, ED Putra - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2024 - Elsevier
Because of the increased usage of service robots in the hospitality and tourism industries,
researchers and practitioners are interested in learning to facilitate interactions between …

Healing or hesitation? The impact of anthropomorphism on consumers' repair intentions for products

H Qin, Z Xie, C Ding, J Wang, Y Xu - Journal of Retailing and Consumer …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropomorphism has been recognized as a powerful marketing tool that imbues products
with life, enhancing the feeling of aliveness for consumers. Despite the popularity of …

Not that into you? Lovers' traveling desynchronicity and its effects on the traveling satisfaction

S Hao, L Peng, WA Wijaya, B Liu - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the romantic tourism industry has evidenced sharp growth, only a few studies
investigated the factors that facilitate the traveling satisfaction of lovers who are in a …

Barista robots with human appeal: Unraveling the impact of anthropomorphism, human presence, and perceived financial constraints on consumer behavior

H Kim, S Park, J Gim, S in Kim - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2024 - Elsevier
While consumer acceptance of anthropomorphized robots has gained significant attention,
limited research has examined the effectiveness of anthropomorphizing robots from a social …

[HTML][HTML] Warmth trumps competence? Uncovering the influence of multimodal AI anthropomorphic interaction experience on intelligent service evaluation: Insights …

S Bai, D Yu, C Han, M Yang, BB Gupta, V Arya… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid rise of multimodal AI anthropomorphic interaction assistants has subverted the
traditional human-computer interaction. Based on social cognitive theory, our study aims to …

The effect of gender on perceived anthropomorphism and intentional acceptance of a storytelling robot

D Robben, E Fukuda, M De Haas - Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Gender and anthropomorphism play a substantial role in how social robots are perceived. In
child-robot interaction, children's perception of the robot can be influenced by individual …

Should government chatbots behave like civil servants? The effect of chatbot identity characteristics on citizen experience

X Li, J Wang - Government Information Quarterly, 2024 - Elsevier
Government chatbots are naturally imparted the identity of civil service agents, because they
replace human civil servants in providing services on the frontline. However, little is known …

The effect of artificial intelligence (AI) robot characteristics and dialectical thinking on AI robot adoption intention

D Kim, K Hwang, E Lee, Y Yoon - Journal of Consumer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an essential strategic element for many industries. Practitioners
are exploring ways to incorporate AI into their products, services, and processes, as it …