“Find a flight for me, Oscar!” Motivational customer experiences with chatbots"

Drawing on the self-determination theory, the assemblage theory and customer experience literature, this paper aims to develop a framework to understand motivational customer experiences with chatbots. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses a multimethod approach to examine the interaction bet...

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Autores: Jiménez Barreto, Jano, Rubio Benito, Natalia María, Molinillo, Sebastián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:IAPH
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/717323
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/717323
https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-10-2020-1244
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Artificial intelligence
Chatbot
Customer experience
Hybrid experiential model
Economía
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Sumario:Drawing on the self-determination theory, the assemblage theory and customer experience literature, this paper aims to develop a framework to understand motivational customer experiences with chatbots. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses a multimethod approach to examine the interaction between individuals and airlines’ chatbots. Three components of self-determined interaction with the chatbot (competence, autonomy and relatedness) and five components of the customer–chatbot experience (sensory, intellectual, affective, behavioral and social) are analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. Findings: The findings confirm the direct influence of self-determined interaction on customer experience and the direct effects of these two constructs on participants’ attitudes toward and satisfaction with the chatbot. The model also supports the mediating roles of customer experience and attitude toward the chatbot. Practical implications: This paper offers managers a broad understanding of individuals’ interactions with chatbots through three elements: motivation to use chatbots, experiential responses and individuals’ valuation of whether the interactions have amplified (or limited) the outcomes obtained from the experience. Originality/value: This paper contributes to the hospitality and tourism literature with a hybrid approach that reflects on current theoretical developments regarding human- and interaction-centric interpretations of customer experience with chatbots