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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Get Close to the Robot: The Effect of Risk Perception of COVID-19 Pandemic on Customer-Robot Engagement.

Jifei Wu, Xiangyun Zhang, Yimin Zhu, Grace Fang Yu-Buck

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jifei WuSchool of Business, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Xiangyun ZhangSchool of Business, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Yimin ZhuSchool of Business, Sun Yat-Sen University, No. 135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Grace Fang Yu-BuckSchool of Business and Technology, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD 21853, USA.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore · US

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2020M683148Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 20wkpy12National Natural Science Foundation of China 71672203National Natural Science Foundation of China 72002225Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2021A1515011899
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on customer-robot engagement in the Chinese hospitality industry. Analysis of a sample of 589 customers using service robots demonstrated that the perceived risk of COVID-19 has a positive influence on customer-robot engagement. The positive effect is mediated by social distancing and moderated by attitudes towards risk. Specifically, the mediating effect of social distancing between the perceived risk of COVID-19 and customer-robot engagement is stronger for risk-avoiding (vs. risk-seeking) customers. Our results provide insights for hotels when they employ service robots to cope with the shock of COVID-19 pandemic.

Indexed as

COVID-19RoboticsHumansPandemicsPerceptionSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 pandemiccustomer engagementprotection motivation theoryrisk perceptionservice robotsocial distancing

Identifiers

PMID34200867
PMCPMC8296115
OpenAlexW3165946580

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