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Giving face or not losing face? The effect of AI service robot politeness strategy on value co-creation in hospitality
Politeness has been widely incorporated into AI-driven etiquette systems. Drawing on face concept, guanxi model, and li code, this study explores the effect of politeness strategy on value co-creation (VCC). Three between-subject experiments investigated the relationship between politeness strategies and VCC and the mediating role of customer commitment (CC). The moderating effect of the robot type and anthropomorphism role is examined. Our paper finds that AI service robots using positive politeness led to greater customer VCC than those using negative politeness, with CC mediating this effect. Furthermore, we find the positive (vs. negative) politeness strategy increases VCC when humanoid (vs. non-humanoid) robots are employed and when they are anthropomorphized as friends (vs. servants). Our findings extend the relationship between the robot's interaction strategies and customer VCC with important theoretical contributions. A simplified guide for hospitality managers to optimize the communication strategies of AI service robots is discussed.
期刊介绍:
Tourism Management Perspectives is an interdisciplinary journal that focuses on the planning and management of travel and tourism. It covers topics such as tourist experiences, their consequences for communities, economies, and environments, the creation of image, the shaping of tourist experiences and perceptions, and the management of tourist organizations and destinations. The journal's editorial board consists of experienced international professionals and it shares the board with Tourism Management. The journal covers socio-cultural, technological, planning, and policy aspects of international, national, and regional tourism, as well as specific management studies. It encourages papers that introduce new research methods and critique existing ones in the context of tourism research. The journal publishes empirical research articles and high-quality review articles on important topics and emerging themes that enhance the theoretical and conceptual understanding of key areas within travel and tourism management.