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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review of robotic applications in hospitality and tourism research

H Ye, S Sun, R Law - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, robots have been widely adopted in the hospitality and tourism industry. Efficient
robots can help hoteliers and tourism suppliers with their repetitive or manual labor. Due to …

How service robots' human-like appearance impacts consumer trust: a study across diverse cultures and service settings

Y Li, X Zhou, X Jiang, F Fan, B Song - International Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to compares the effects of different human-like appearances (low
vs. medium vs. high) of service robots (SRs) on consumer trust in service robots (CTSR) …

Robotic employees vs. human employees: Customers' perceived authenticity at casual dining restaurants

H Song, YC Wang, H Yang, E Ma - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cost-saving and sanitation considerations and the challenge of labor shortages have
catalyzed the application of service robots in restaurants. Although service robots can …

Effect of personal branding stereotypes on user engagement on short-video platforms

Z Wei, M Zhang, T Qiao - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of short-video platforms offers individuals an opportunity to build personal
branding. This study selected two personal brandings on Bilibili. com, Li Ziqi and HuaNong …

Service robots vs. human staff: The effect of service agents and service exclusion on unethical consumer behavior

Y Liu, X Wang, Y Du, S Wang - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many hotels and restaurants deploy service robots to improve the quality and efficiency of
customer service, but this approach inevitably poses some risks and challenges. This study …

Brand personality of global chain hotels, self-congruity, and self-discrepancy on customer responses

JJ Kim - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The current study examined the brand personality of global chain hotels and how it is related
to individuals' image congruence. It also explored what impact self-congruity has on …

Role of restorative natural environments in predicting hikers' pro-environmental behavior in a nature trail context

S Choi, I Kim - Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Given environmental contribution of individuals' behavioral change, this study explored how
hikers' pro-environmental behavior can be facilitated. The theoretical model incorporated the …

Does restaurant innovativeness influence customer advocacy? The roles of self-image congruity and customer engagement

HY Teng, CY Chen, TC Han - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Studies have explored the determinants of customer advocacy because of
customer advocacy's vital role in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of marketing …

When background music in audiovisual advertisements can boost the perceived competence of the advertised brands–an empirical study from South Korea

YJ Hong, B Choi, K Lee - Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The authors aim to explore whether and how variations on pitch levels of
background music in audiovisual commercials affect consumers' judgments of the …