scholarly journals Claim success, but blame the bot? User reactions to service failure and recovery in interactions with humanoid service robots

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nika Mozafari ◽  
Melanie Schwede ◽  
Maik Hammerschmidt ◽  
Welf H. Weiger
Keyword(s):  
Service Failure ◽  
Service Robots ◽  
Service Failure And Recovery

To Err Is Human(-oid): How Do Consumers React to Robot Service Failure and Recovery?

2020 ◽  
pp. 109467052097879
Author(s):  
Sungwoo Choi ◽  
Anna S. Mattila ◽  
Lisa E. Bolton
Keyword(s):  
Service Failure ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Service Robots ◽  
Social Perceptions ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Service Failures ◽  
Service Failure And Recovery ◽  
Process Failure ◽  
Sincere Apology

Robots are the next wave in service technology; however, this advanced technology is not perfect. This research examines how social perceptions regarding the warmth and competence of service robots influence consumer reactions to service failures and recovery efforts by robots. We argue that humanoid (vs. nonhumanoid) service robots are more strongly associated with warmth (whereas competence does not differ). This tendency to expect greater warmth from humanoid robots has important consequences for service firms: (i) consumers are more dissatisfied due to lack of warmth following a process failure caused by a humanoid (vs. nonhumanoid; Study 1); (ii) humanoids (but not nonhumanoids) can recover a service failure by themselves via sincere apology, restoring perceptions of warmth (Study 2A); (iii) humanoids (but not nonhumanoids) can also effectively provide explanations as a recovery tactic (Study 2B); and, importantly, (iv) human intervention can be used to mitigate dissatisfaction following inadequate recovery by a nonhumanoid robot (Study 3), supporting the notion of human-robot collaboration. Taken together, this research offers theoretical implications for robot anthropomorphism and practical implications for firms employing service robots.

Coping with service failure and recovery in restaurant: does being religious matter?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hafiz Abd Rashid ◽  
Muhammad Iskandar Hamzah ◽  
Aida Azlina Mansor ◽  
Syukrina Alini Mat Ali
Keyword(s):  
Service Failure ◽  
Service Failure And Recovery ◽  
Being Religious

Explanation information and source in service recovery initiatives

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Baker ◽  
Tracy Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Source Credibility ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Service Failure ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Service Recovery ◽  
Positive Outcome ◽  
Frontline Employees ◽  
Full Account ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Failure And Recovery

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to specifically consider two interactional aspects that are likely to contribute to the success of an explanation of why a service failed: the adequacy of information provided and role of the person providing the information. Design/methodology/approach – Two empirical studies were conducted using a between-subjects 2 (information: low vs high) × 2 (employee: frontline vs manager) experimental design. The first study was designed to better understand when the information provided might have a more positive impact on the customer. The second study was conducted to understand why the effects exist. Findings – In Study 1, an interaction effect was seen that suggests that the most positive outcome is when the manager (vs the frontline employee) provides a full explanation (vs limited explanation) of the mishap. Results from Study 2 indicate that source credibility is in play. Research limitations/implications – Participants were asked to respond to service failure and recovery scenarios using the same service context. The means of the outcome variables suggest that the recovery effort could be improved upon with other methods. Practical implications – Contrary to suggestions that frontline employees be responsible to resolve service failures, our studies reveal that service recovery initiatives involving an explanation only are best received when the manager provides the customer a full account of what went wrong. Originality/value – This research provides empirical evidence of when and why more information regarding the cause of a service failure is most positively received by the customer.

Competing Through Online Service Failures and Recovery Strategies

2019 ◽  
pp. 266-285
Author(s):  
Dipen Rai ◽  
Dominic Appiah
Keyword(s):  
Service Failure ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
Online Service ◽  
Service Failures ◽  
Service Failure And Recovery ◽  
Recovery Strategies ◽  
Website Interactivity ◽  
Conventional Behavior ◽  
Intense Activity

The ideas of service failure and recovery strategies have been transformed, due to the internet environment, from a consumer-provider perspective to a multifaceted web quality activity. The research on service failure and recovery strategies has been well-developed in terms of the consumer's viewpoint of service as well as the responsibility for recovery conventionally expected to be allotted to the marketer. On the contrary, existing research indicates that there is a limited range of understanding of consumer-website interactivity relating to online service failure and recovery strategies as well as less understanding of the highly diverse characteristics of computer-mediated marketing environments (CMMEs). The perspectives of CMMEs relate to online customer behavior as distinct from conventional behavior. In fact, providers are involved in intense activity in the online environment in terms of market competition, as customers are positioned just a click away from switching providers in the case of service failure.

Online Service Failure and Recovery Strategy

2016 ◽  
pp. 112-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yllka Azemi ◽  
Wilson Ozuem
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Service Failure ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Online Marketing ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Service Failures ◽  
Service Failure And Recovery ◽  
Recovery Strategies ◽  
Social Media Platforms

The Internet environment has transformed the concepts of service failure and recovery strategies from a dyadic customer-provider focus into a multidimensional web quality scope. In traditional encounters, the research spectrum of service failure and recovery strategies is very much developed from a customer service approach, and the responsibility of recovery has been traditionally assumed to be something that is assigned to the marketer. Studies pay little or no attention to the multidimensional nature of service failures contingent to recovery strategies in the evolving social media. To date, empirical studies have focused on service failures and recovery strategies in online marketing environments, but pay limited attention to social media platforms. This paper aims to provide some insights on the need for a broader conceptualisation of service failure and recovery strategies, incorporating social media platforms for the development of effective marketing communications programme.

The Impact of Service Failure and Recovery on Target and Observing Customers: A Comparative Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 889-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Shahin Sharifi ◽  
Mauricio Palmeira ◽  
Junzhao Ma ◽  
Gerri Spassova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Service Failure ◽  
Service Failure And Recovery ◽  
The Impact
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