Background: Current technology innovations, such as wearables, have caused surprising reactions and feelings of deep connection to devices. Some researchers are calling mobile and wearable technologies cognitive prostheses, which are intrinsically connected to individuals as if they are part of the body, …

Although it appears increasingly important yet potentially challenging to attract customers to physical stores, location-based messaging, i.e., delivering mobile phone messages using data about the recipient's location when that recipient is near the sender, has been said to enable such attraction. Still, …

Dit onderzoek analyseert praktijkdata van gesprekken tussen humanoïde service robots (Pepper) en klanten bij 26 Nederlandse organisaties, waaronder gemeenten, winkels en musea. Op basis van ruim acht maanden aan interacties is gekeken naar gebruikspatronen per dag en tijdstip, hoe vaak klanten reageren, …

Fysieke winkels zetten in toenemende mate service robots in als innovatieve technologie om hun dienstverlening te verbeteren. Dit onderzoek onderzoekt hoe consumenten de inzet van een humanoïde robot (Pepper) ervaren wanneer deze hen welkom heet en de weg wijst. Uit een quasi-experimentele video-studie …

Employee burnout is an increasing global problem. Some countries, such as The Netherlands, diagnose and treat burnout as a medical condition. While deficient sleep has been implicated as the primary risk factor for burnout, the longest current sleep measurement of burnout individuals is 4 weeks; and …

Background: To experience external objects in such a way that they are perceived as an integral part of one's own body is called embodiment. Wearable technology is a category of objects, which, due to its intrinsic properties (eg, close to the body, inviting frequent interaction, and access to personal …

Although it appears increasingly important yet potentially challenging to attract consumers to physical stores, location‐based messaging has been said to enable such attraction. Still, existing studies offer very limited insight into which particular location‐based persuasion approach retailers should …