{"title":"AI companionship or digital entrapment? investigating the impact of anthropomorphic AI-based chatbots","authors":"Jean-Loup Richet","doi":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100835","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jik.2025.100835","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Anthropomorphic AI-based chatbots are reshaping human-machine interactions, enabling users to form emotional bonds with AI agents. While these systems provide companionship and engagement, they also raise concerns regarding digital entrapment: a complex and circular causal loop, progressively distorting relationship expectations, reinforcing emotional dependency, and increasing cognitive strain. This study investigates user perceptions and behaviors toward AI-based chatbots by analyzing 6396 Reddit threads, 47,955 comments, and 270,644 interactions across 24 communities. Using text mining techniques, sentiment analysis, and topic modeling (LDA), we identify dominant discussion themes, including AI companionship, filtering policies, and emotional entanglement with chatbots. Findings reveal that negative sentiment dominates discourses across 24 communities, with users reporting experiences of AI-induced dependency, withdrawal-like symptoms, and chatbot over-personification. Profile of Mood States (POMS) was used to triangulate the sentiment analysis and indicates that confusion and bewilderment are the most prevalent emotional states, often co-occurring with depression and exhaustion. These findings suggest that AI chatbots, while engaging, may contribute to psychological distress and unrealistic relationship expectations. Our research further highlights ethical concerns in AI engagement strategies, particularly regarding romanticized AI interactions and prolonged user retention mechanisms. Based on these findings, we propose policy and design recommendations for mitigating risks related to AI-induced digital entrapment, safeguarding vulnerable users, and enforcing ethical chatbot interactions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46792,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Innovation & Knowledge","volume":"10 6","pages":"Article 100835"},"PeriodicalIF":15.5,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145269551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Publicly Listed Family-Controlled Firms and Corporate Venture Capital","authors":"Patricio Duran, Santiago Mingo, Michael Carney","doi":"10.1177/08944865251369943","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/08944865251369943","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the prevalence of publicly listed family-controlled firms (FCFs) in high-technology sectors, the impact of family control on their corporate venture capital (CVC) strategy remains largely unexplored. Using socioemotional wealth (SEW) theory, we posit that FCFs in high-technology sectors are less likely to invest in CVC and, when they do, make fewer but larger CVC investments to enhance influence over startups and reduce risk. However, board independence can limit FCFs’ SEW-driven CVC investment behavior. Empirical evidence from a sample of U.S. publicly listed firms in three high-technology sectors supports most of our hypotheses.","PeriodicalId":51365,"journal":{"name":"Family Business Review","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":8.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145261027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The case for consortium authorship in tourism research","authors":"Joseph Mellors, Stroma Cole","doi":"10.1080/14616688.2025.2570340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14616688.2025.2570340","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48115,"journal":{"name":"Tourism Geographies","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145255250","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas K.A. Woiczyk , Rahil Hosseini , Gaël Le Mens
{"title":"The common behavior effect in norm learning: When frequent observations override the behavior of the majority","authors":"Thomas K.A. Woiczyk , Rahil Hosseini , Gaël Le Mens","doi":"10.1016/j.obhdp.2025.104441","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.obhdp.2025.104441","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Prior research suggests that descriptive norms correspond to what most people do—the “behavior of the majority.” We examine norm perception in situations where the behavior of the majority differs from the most frequently observed behavior—the “common behavior.” In environments where individuals learn descriptive norms through repeated observations of a reference group, we propose that perceived norms align more closely with the common behavior than with the behavior of the majority. Consequently, individuals are more likely to follow the common behavior, even when it differs from what most people do. We argue that this ‘common behavior effect’ arises from a combination of two factors: the structure of the information environments in which the behavior of the majority and the common behavior differ, and imperfect source memory of the observed behaviors. We provide evidence for the basic phenomenon and test two moderators in four studies reported in the body of the article and two ancillary studies reported in the appendix. These findings are important for our understanding of social norms, because they challenge the assumption that norms simply reflect the behavior of the majority. They also cast light on phenomena such as pluralistic ignorance, majority illusions in online and offline environments or the spread of misinformation on social media. Finally, they have practical implications for how to shape norms in organizations.</div><div><strong>Organizational Relevance and Contribution Statement</strong></div><div>Organizations frequently rely on social norms to promote coordination, compliance, and shared expectations among employees, customers, or citizens. Our research shows that people often infer norms not from what most people do, but from what they observe most frequently — even when these behaviors are enacted by only a minority. This ”common behavior effect” highlights that perceptions of what is typical can be shaped by how information is encountered rather than by actual majorities. For managers and policymakers, this insight has direct implications. Efforts to influence behavior—such as encouraging ethical conduct, adoption of safety practices, or participation in diversity initiatives—may fail if interventions rely on communicating the behavior of the majority but neglect the behaviors people encounter most often. Norm-based strategies can be strengthened by structuring information environments so that desirable behaviors are both visible and repeatedly observed, even if they are not yet the majority choice. By clarifying when and why common behaviors override actual majorities in shaping norms, our findings help organizations design communication and training programs that more effectively guide employee and consumer behavior, reduce the persistence of harmful practices, and prevent misperceptions that contribute to misinformation or organizational drift.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48442,"journal":{"name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes","volume":"191 ","pages":"Article 104441"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145268740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The scarcer, the more eager to buy? How does the scarcity of blind box products affect impulse purchase intention","authors":"Xiaoli Tang, Yi Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jretconser.2025.104567","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jretconser.2025.104567","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As an emerging consumption model, blind boxes are characterized by a distinct form of product scarcity in their sales. This study examines the blind box consumption scenario to explore how product scarcity (supply scarcity vs. demand scarcity) influences consumers' impulse buying intentions. Drawing on commodity theory, accessibility-diagnosability theory, and regulatory focus theory, the research is conducted through three experiments. Study 1 identifies the main effect, revealing that product scarcity positively impacts impulse buying intentions, with supply scarcity having a significantly stronger influence than demand scarcity. Study 2 uncovers the mediating mechanism, demonstrating that accessibility-diagnosability fully mediates the relationship between product scarcity and impulse buying intentions. Study 3 investigates the moderating effect, showing that regulatory focus moderates both the impact of product scarcity on impulse buying intentions and the mediating role of accessibility-diagnosability. Specifically, stronger impulse buying intentions are observed under a preventive focus in demand scarcity and a promotional focus in supply scarcity. The findings contribute to the application of scarcity theory in experiential products and offer valuable theoretical insights and practical recommendations for blind box enterprises in developing targeted marketing strategies and industry standards.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48399,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services","volume":"89 ","pages":"Article 104567"},"PeriodicalIF":13.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145248012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lisa Pilgram, Samer El Kababji, Dan Liu, Khaled El Emam
{"title":"Should we synthesize more than we need: impact of synthetic data generation for high-dimensional cross-sectional medical data.","authors":"Lisa Pilgram, Samer El Kababji, Dan Liu, Khaled El Emam","doi":"10.1093/jamia/ocaf169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaf169","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>In medical research and education, generative artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) models to synthesize artificial medical data can enable the sharing of high-quality data while preserving the privacy of patients. Given that such data is often high-dimensional, a relevant consideration is whether to synthesize the entire dataset when only a task-relevant subset is needed. This study evaluates how the number of variables in training impacts fidelity, utility, and privacy of the synthetic data (SD).</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>We used 12 cross-sectional medical datasets, defined a downstream task with corresponding core variables, and derived 6354 variants by adding adjunct variables to the core. SD was generated using 7 different generative models and evaluated for fidelity, downstream utility, and privacy. Mixed-effect models were used to assess the effect of adjunct variables on the respective evaluation metric, accounting for the medical dataset as a random component.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fidelity was unaffected by the number of adjunct variables in 5/7 SDG models. Similarly, downstream utility remained stable in 6/7 (predictive task) and 5/7 (inferential task) SDG models. Where significant effects were observed, they were minimal, resulting, for example, in a 0.05 decrease in Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve (AUROC) when adding 120 variables. Privacy was not impacted by the number of adjunct variables.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Our findings show that fidelity, utility, and privacy are preserved when generating a more comprehensive medical dataset than the task-relevant subset.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings support a cost-effective, utility, and privacy-preserving way of implementing SDG into medical research and education.</p>","PeriodicalId":50016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145259724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Phebo D. Wibbens, Teresa A. Dickler, Timothy B. Folta
{"title":"The Value of Resource Redeployability in the Face of Committed Rivals","authors":"Phebo D. Wibbens, Teresa A. Dickler, Timothy B. Folta","doi":"10.5465/amr.2023.0311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2023.0311","url":null,"abstract":"Academy of Management Review, Volume 0, Issue ja, -Not available-. <br/>","PeriodicalId":7127,"journal":{"name":"Academy of Management Review","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145260654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laurie Hughes , Fern Davies , Keyao Li , Senali Madugoda Gunaratnege , Tegwen Malik , Yogesh K Dwivedi
{"title":"Beyond the hype: Organisational adoption of Generative AI through the lens of the TOE framework–A mixed methods perspective","authors":"Laurie Hughes , Fern Davies , Keyao Li , Senali Madugoda Gunaratnege , Tegwen Malik , Yogesh K Dwivedi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102982","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102982","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>It is widely accepted that the impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has been nothing short of transformational, with tangible impacts on industry, education, healthcare and government. But beyond the headlines, how are organisations actually using GenAI, what are the key challenges experienced by decision makers and has the reality on the ground matched the hype? This study adopts a mixed-methods approach, utilising the Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE) framework to reveal greater insights to how organisations are adopting GenAI, the drivers that affect decision making and the key challenges associated with greater use of the technology. This research adopts a mixed method approach incorporating an explorative qualitative step with industry participants followed by a survey of 304 (three hundred and four) decision makers from a cross section of industry sectors from around the world including: North America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia, to gain further insight to the underlying factors that drive GenAI adoption. The research model was validated using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) and reveals the intricate and inherent complexities related to greater levels of GenAI adoption. The analysis highlights the critical role of change capacity of the organisation in moderating complexity and staff skills. This research provides valuable and timely insights for senior management and policy makers that are attempting to better understand the interdependencies and perspectives on the key challenges facing organisations looking to deliver greater impact on organisational performance through GenAI.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48422,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Information Management","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 102982"},"PeriodicalIF":27.0,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145267165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does a streamer's personality influence sales performance? Text mining evidence from Chinese live streaming e-commerce","authors":"Yuangao Chen, Shuyi Hu, Pengxiang Hu, Liyuan Zhu, Shasha Zhou, Shuiqing Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124373","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124373","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The popular streamer is the key determinant of the success of live streaming e-commerce (LSE). However, few studies have been conducted to understand streamers' personalities and their influence on LSE sales performance. This study collects 148,392 Weibo posts from 169 live streamers and identifies their Big Five personality traits by text mining. Then, we adopt regression models to investigate the relationship between streamers' personality traits and sales performance. The results show that a streamer's openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness are positively associated with sales performance, while neuroticism is negatively associated with sales. In addition, product category, as a moderating role, enhances the positive effect of streamers' conscientiousness on sales performance and weakens the negative effect of neuroticism on sales. This study provides insights into the evaluation of live streamer's personality and assists LSE practitioners in achieving better performance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48454,"journal":{"name":"Technological Forecasting and Social Change","volume":"222 ","pages":"Article 124373"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145248013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aligning Pay With Purpose: ESG‐Linked Compensation and ESG Decoupling","authors":"Yasser Eliwa, Ahmed Saleh, Ahmed Hassan Ahmed","doi":"10.1002/bse.70258","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70258","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the relationship between ESG‐linked executive compensation and ESG decoupling and examines the moderating role of CSR committees in this association. Using a global dataset of 36,055 firm‐year observations across 40 countries and 32 industries from 2005 to 2023, we find that ESG‐linked executive compensation is associated with a significant reduction in ESG decoupling, thereby strengthening the alignment between ESG disclosure and actual practices. The presence of a CSR committee further enhances this effect, with the interaction between ESG‐linked compensation and CSR committees leading to a more pronounced reduction in decoupling. Robustness tests using propensity score matching, instrumental variable 2SLS estimation and contextual analyses confirm the validity of our findings. Additional evidence distinguishes between greenwashing and brownwashing, showing that ESG‐linked pay mitigates overstatement of disclosure (greenwashing) but may incentivise understatement of disclosure (brownwashing). These results highlight the importance of adopting integrated governance mechanisms to mitigate symbolic compliance and enhance the credibility of ESG disclosure. The study offers important implications for corporate governance and sustainability, emphasising the need for policymakers and firms to strengthen the alignment of ESG incentives with accountability.","PeriodicalId":9518,"journal":{"name":"Business Strategy and The Environment","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.4,"publicationDate":"2025-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145255246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}