Inter-relational Model for understanding Chatbot acceptance across retail sectors

07/04/2022
by   Diptish Dey, et al.
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Despite the rising interest in chatbots, deployment has been slow in the retail sector. In the absence of comparative cross sector research on the user acceptance of chatbots in retail, we present a model and a research framework that proposes customer and chatbot antecedents using trust and customer satisfaction as relationship mediators and word of mouth and expectation of continuity as relationship outcomes. In determining our framework, we assimilate constructs from different models and theories overarching user experience with chatbots, technology acceptance and relationship marketing and propose a selection of 11 constructs as antecedents. Furthermore, we suggest retail sectors as one of our 4 moderators. Eventually, we provide insight into our current activities that is expected to identify which factors impact relationship outcomes to which extent across different retail sectors.

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