Robots as restaurant employees - A double-barrelled detective story

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2021

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Elsevier

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

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The paper evaluates the perceptions of Turkish restaurant managers and customers towards service robots. The sample includes 26 managers and 32 customers. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal that robots are suitable for dirty, dull, dangerous and repetitive tasks. Customers have mostly positive attitudes towards robots while managers – mostly negative. However, respondents agree that robots improve service quality. A mixed service delivery system based on human-robot collaboration is perceived as the most appropriate. Customers are willing to pay more for the robotic service experience. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed as well.

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Demand-side perspective; Restaurants; Service robots; Supply-side perspective; Turkey

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Technology in Society

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67

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Seyitoğlu, F., Ivanov, S., Atsız, O., & Çifçi, İ. (2021). Robots as restaurant employees - A double-barrelled detective story. In Technology in Society (Vol. 67, p. 101779). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101779