[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence empowered conversational agents: A systematic literature review and research agenda

MM Mariani, N Hashemi, J Wirtz - Journal of Business Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Consumer research on conversational agents (CAs) has been growing. To illustrate and
map out research in this field, we conducted a systematic literature review (SLR) of …

Graph-based conversational AI: Towards a distributed and collaborative multi-chatbot approach for museums

S Varitimiadis, K Kotis, D Pittou, G Konstantakis - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, museums are developing chatbots to assist their visitors and to provide an
enhanced visiting experience. Most of these chatbots do not provide a human-like …

An emerging theory of avatar marketing

F Miao, IV Kozlenkova, H Wang, T Xie… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Avatars are becoming increasingly popular in contemporary marketing strategies, but their
effectiveness for achieving performance outcomes (eg, purchase likelihood) varies widely in …

Someone out there? A study on the social presence of anthropomorphized chatbots

E Konya-Baumbach, M Biller, S von Janda - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Companies are increasingly employing text-based chatbots as a time and cost-efficient way
to interact with customers. While companies begin to explore anthropomorphic chatbot …

Emotional expression by artificial intelligence chatbots to improve customer satisfaction: Underlying mechanism and boundary conditions

J Zhang, Q Chen, J Lu, X Wang, L Liu, Y Feng - Tourism Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence chatbots have invaded the tourism industry owing to their low cost and
high efficiency. However, the influence of emotional expressions of chatbots on service …

Robots do not judge: service robots can alleviate embarrassment in service encounters

J Holthöwer, J Van Doorn - Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2023 - Springer
Although robots are increasingly used in service provision, research cautions that
consumers are reluctant to accept service robots. Five lab, field, and online studies reveal an …

To be or not to be… human? Theorizing the role of human-like competencies in conversational artificial intelligence agents

S Chandra, A Shirish, SC Srivastava - Journal of Management …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Driven by the need to provide continuous, timely, and efficient customer service, firms are
constantly experimenting with emerging technological solutions. In recent times firms have …

The impact of chatbot conversational skill on engagement and perceived humanness

RM Schuetzler, GM Grimes… - Journal of Management …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Conversational agents (CAs)—frequently operationalized as chatbots—are computer
systems that leverage natural language processing to engage in conversations with human …

Trust me, if you can: a study on the factors that influence consumers' purchase intention triggered by chatbots based on brain image evidence and self-reported …

C Yen, MC Chiang - Behaviour & Information Technology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Nowadays, chatbots is one of the fast rising artificial intelligence (AI) trend relates to the
utilisation of applications that interact with users in a conversational format and mimic …

Examining the roles of social presence and human-likeness on Iranian EFL learners' motivation using artificial intelligence technology: A case of CSIEC chatbot

S Ebadi, A Amini - Interactive Learning Environments, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in the educational context, particularly chatbotics, has
made significant changes in learning English. This mixed-methods study is intended to …