Customer loyalty: a review and future directions with a special focus on the hospitality industry

J Kandampully, TC Zhang, A Bilgihan - International Journal of …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose This article aims to provide a summary review of what is already known about
customer loyalty and identifies some emerging issues that play an important role in it. As a …

Four decades of frontline service employee research: an integrative bibliometric review

M Subramony, M Groth, XJ Hu… - Journal of Service …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
We conducted a comprehensive review of empirical research related to frontline service
employees over the past four decades (1980-2020). Utilizing a bibliometric mapping …

Understanding consumers' acceptance of automated technologies in service encounters: Drivers of digital voice assistants adoption

T Fernandes, E Oliveira - Journal of Business Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Customers increasingly orchestrate their everyday activities with the support of technology,
with services increasingly adopting AI-based applications. Yet, research is still in its infancy …

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 …

Customer experience challenges: bringing together digital, physical and social realms

RN Bolton, JR McColl-Kennedy, L Cheung… - Journal of service …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore innovations in customer experience at the
intersection of the digital, physical and social realms. It explicitly considers experiences …

The effects of human resource flexibility, employee competency, organizational culture adaptation and job satisfaction on employee performance

R Sabuhari, A Sudiro, D Irawanto… - Management Science …, 2020 - m.growingscience.com
This research aims to study and analyze the effects of human resource flexibility, employee
competencies, organizational culture adaptation, and job satisfaction on employee …

The impact of artificial intelligence and employee service quality on customer satisfaction and loyalty

C Prentice, S Dominique Lopes… - Journal of Hospitality …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The study discusses artificial intelligence (AI)–powered applications as a commercial
service with a focus on the hotel industry. This research is approached from the customers' …

Linking AI quality performance and customer engagement: The moderating effect of AI preference

C Prentice, S Weaven, IKA Wong - International Journal of Hospitality …, 2020 - Elsevier
Drawing upon affordance theory, this study positions artificial intelligence (AI) as a
commercial service in examining its influence on customer engagement in the hotel context …

Employee performance and customer loyalty: Mediation effect of customer satisfaction

T Budur, M Poturak - Middle East Journal of Management, 2021 - inderscienceonline.com
Customer preferences and behaviours are constantly changing, thus employee adaptation
to customer demands in service providing is essential in today's modern business. This …

Engaging and retaining customers with AI and employee service

C Prentice, M Nguyen - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2020 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) permeates in service organisations as a tool to enhance
operational efficiency and improve customer experience. Reports show that most consumers …