The Robotic-Human Service Trilemma: the challenges for well-being within the human service triad

C Phillips, R Russell–Bennett… - Journal of Service …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The human service triad (ie the relationship between the customer, frontline
employee (FLE) and managerial employee) experiences a range of well-being challenges …

AI and robotics in the European restaurant sector: Assessing potentials for process innovation in a high-contact service industry

K Blöcher, R Alt - Electronic Markets, 2021 - Springer
The restaurant technology market is rapidly evolving and is transforming the restaurant
business as a significant sector of tourism and hospitality. Enabled by artificial intelligence …

Frontline cyborgs at your service: How human enhancement technologies affect customer experiences in retail, sales, and service settings

D Grewal, M Kroschke, M Mende… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Human enhancement technology (HET) is advancing a host of industries, yet it remains
limited in its retail, sales, and service applications. Soon, however, these technologies …

Conscious empathic AI in service

H Esmaeilzadeh, R Vaezi - Journal of Service Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have achieved human-scale speed and
accuracy for classification tasks. Current systems do not need to be conscious to recognize …

Employee-(ro) bot collaboration in service: an interdependence perspective

KBQ Le, L Sajtos, KV Fernandez - Journal of Service Management, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Collaboration between frontline employees (FLEs) and frontline robots (FLRs) is
expected to play a vital role in service delivery in these increasingly disrupted times. Firms …

Information and communication theoretical understanding and treatment of spinal cord injuries: State-of-the-art and research challenges

OB Akan, H Ramezani, M Civas… - IEEE Reviews in …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Among the various key networks in the human body, the nervous system occupies central
importance. The debilitating effects of spinal cord injuries (SCI) impact a significant number …

Robo-advisors (RAs): the programmed self-service market for professional advice

MN Wexler, J Oberlander - Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This conceptual paper draws together an interdisciplinary approach to robo-
advisors (RAs) as an example of an early and successful example of automated …

The Future of Work: Understanding the Effectiveness of Collaboration Between Human and Digital Employees in Service

KBQ Le, L Sajtos, WH Kunz… - Journal of Service …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of digital employees (DEs)—chatbots powered by artificial intelligence (AI)—is
becoming increasingly common in the service industry. However, it is unclear whether …

How Artificial Intelligence enhances human learning abilities: opportunities in the fight against Covid-19

C Mele, M Marzullo, S Morande… - Service Science, 2022 - pubsonline.informs.org
This paper widens the focus on how artificial intelligence (AI) can foster the learning abilities
of human actors, adopting a wider view with respect to a strict focus on tasks and activities …

Delight spirals: the cause and consequence of employee perceived customer delight

RM Guidice, DC Barnes, BR Kinard - Journal of Service Theory and …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose With increasing competition in the marketplace, there is a greater push for
exceeding customer expectations and delivering customer delight to ensure firm's success …