Exploring customers' reuse intention to robots under different service failures: A mind perception perspective DOI
Dewen Liu,

Jieqiong Zhang,

Jiaguo Qi

et al.

Acta Psychologica, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 256, P. 105030 - 105030

Published: April 25, 2025

Language: Английский

Houston, we have a problem!: The use of ChatGPT in responding to customer complaints DOI
Erdoğan Koç, Sercan HATİPOĞLU, Oğuzhan KIVRAK

et al.

Technology in Society, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 74, P. 102333 - 102333

Published: July 25, 2023

Language: Английский

Citations

63

Consumer perceptions of AI chatbots on Twitter (X) and Reddit: an analysis of social media sentiment and interactive marketing strategies DOI
C. Matt Graham, Rusty A. Stough

Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 27, 2025

Purpose This study investigated consumer perceptions of AI chatbots focusing on sentiment analysis across Twitter (X) and Reddit during ChatGPT3 through ChatGPT4 launches. It identifies user sentiments: positive, negative, or neutral explores their impact chatbot deployment in interactive marketing. The goal was to understand engagement dynamics provide insights for enhancing marketing strategies interactions with chatbots. Design/methodology/approach Using analysis, this research examined the nature scope discussions surrounding methodological approach allowed a nuanced understanding predominant neutral, expressed by users providing into interaction patterns. Findings findings reveal diverse range sentiments toward ChatGPT 3, reflecting varying degrees acceptance skepticism. These varied are crucial organizations shaping strategies, particularly how they deploy brand interaction. Practical implications Trust positive ChatGPT, platforms like Reddit, suggest it is becoming part everyday life. However, concerns about its human jobs lack emotional intelligence persist. Users still weigh benefits drawbacks negative these worries. For marketers, presents an opportunity differentiate customer-facing roles. Addressing risks ethical AI, marketers can better engage consumers refine future deployments, ensuring enhances rather than detracts from customer experience. Originality/value paper makes unique contribution existing literature demonstrating perceptions, mere acceptance, directly influence strategic use By offers deeper social media that campaigns enhance emerging technologies digital landscape.

Language: Английский

Citations

4

The Impact of Chatbot Response Strategies and Emojis Usage on Customers’ Purchase Intention: The Mediating Roles of Psychological Distance and Performance Expectancy DOI Creative Commons
Hua Meng,

Xinyuan Lu,

Jiangling Xu

et al.

Behavioral Sciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(2), P. 117 - 117

Published: Jan. 23, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have been widely adopted in customer service, playing a crucial role improving service efficiency, enhancing user experience, and elevating satisfaction levels. Current research on the impact of consumers’ purchase decisions primarily focuses linguistic communication features, with limited exploration into non-verbal social cues employed by chatbots. By conducting three scenario-based experiments, this study investigates mechanisms through which chatbot response strategies (proactive vs. reactive) use emojis (yes no) influence users’ intention. The findings suggest that proactive are more effective strengthening intention compared to reactive strategies. Psychological distance performance expectancy serve as significant mediators relationship. Additionally, moderates effect psychological distance, while its moderating is not significant. This offers new insights chatbots, revealing underlying contributing evidence visual symbols factors. Furthermore, provide practical recommendations for businesses optimizing interaction enhance experience.

Language: Английский

Citations

2

Exploring the influence mechanism of chatbot-expressed humor on service satisfaction in online customer service DOI
Yuguang Xie, Changyong Liang, Peiyu Zhou

et al.

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 76, P. 103599 - 103599

Published: Oct. 18, 2023

Language: Английский

Citations

30

Chatbot or human? The impact of online customer service on consumers' purchase intentions DOI
Shili Chen, Xiaolin Li, Kecheng Liu

et al.

Psychology and Marketing, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 40(11), P. 2186 - 2200

Published: June 27, 2023

Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and human employees have emerged as the dominant forms of online customer service. However, existing research rarely connects service differences between them in terms product type, ignoring interactivity two. This study reveals effect matching type (AI chatbot vs. human) to (search experience) on consumers' purchase intentions through four experiments, revealing psychological mechanism boundary condition for existence this effect. It shows that (1) match positively affects intentions; (2) is mediated by processing fluency perceived quality; (3) works only when demand certainty low. These findings enrich theoretical service, provide marketing insights companies improve adoption AI employees.

Language: Английский

Citations

29

Emojifying chatbot interactions: An exploration of emoji utilization in human-chatbot communications DOI
Shubin Yu, Luming Zhao

Telematics and Informatics, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 86, P. 102071 - 102071

Published: Nov. 17, 2023

Language: Английский

Citations

29

Informational or emotional? Exploring the relative effects of chatbots’ self-recovery strategies on consumer satisfaction DOI
Cheng Zhou,

Qian Chang

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 78, P. 103779 - 103779

Published: March 7, 2024

Language: Английский

Citations

16

Assessing the impact of emojis in personality-imbued chatbots: insights from an academic advising perspective DOI
Mohammad Amin Kuhail, Ons Al-Shamaileh, Justin Thomas

et al.

Information Technology and People, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 24, 2025

Purpose This study investigates the impact of emoji use and user personality traits (conscientiousness vs extraversion) on behavior in context academic advising. It uniquely considers interaction between these chatbot characteristics human users' dominant extraversion). Design/methodology/approach A mixed-factor design experiment involving 153 university students was employed. Participants interacted with four different conditions: a conscientious bot an extroverted bot, each without emojis. Findings The inclusion emojis negatively influenced intentions to chatbots but did not affect trust, perceived authenticity or intended engagement bots. Additionally, students' played role evaluating types. Originality/value research introduces novel approach by integrating into communication, focusing examines effects behavior, also considering user’s traits. work enriches human-computer field guides future development.

Language: Английский

Citations

1

Exploring the effect of AI warm response on consumer reuse intention in service failure DOI
Cuicui Wang, Lin Ni, Bei Yuan

et al.

Computers in Human Behavior, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 108606 - 108606

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

Citations

1

Recovering customer satisfaction after a chatbot service failure – The effect of gender DOI Creative Commons
Alexandra Rese,

Lennart Witthohn

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 84, P. 104257 - 104257

Published: Feb. 13, 2025

Language: Английский

Citations

1