TY - GEN AB - Based on four empirical studies, Moritz Merkle examines the introduction of humanoid robots to the frontline service encounter in a customer-centric approach focusing on customer expectations and customer responses. The author identifies desirable robotic behavioral cues and shows that service robots meet great acceptance among customers. After service failures, customers are even more likely to forgive service robots than human employees. Further, he shows how crucial it is to manage customer expectations that depend on cultural dimensions and internal reference categories. About the Author Moritz Merkle completed his doctoral studies at the Technical University of Darmstadt supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg. Today he is postdoctoral researcher and habilitation candidate in the field of service marketing. AU - Merkle, Moritz, CN - TJ211.49 DO - 10.1007/978-3-658-34440-5 DO - doi ID - 1437863 KW - Androids. KW - Robotics KW - Human-robot interaction. KW - Customer services. KW - Androïdes. KW - Robotique KW - Interaction homme-robot. KW - Service à la clientèle. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-658-34440-5 N2 - Based on four empirical studies, Moritz Merkle examines the introduction of humanoid robots to the frontline service encounter in a customer-centric approach focusing on customer expectations and customer responses. The author identifies desirable robotic behavioral cues and shows that service robots meet great acceptance among customers. After service failures, customers are even more likely to forgive service robots than human employees. Further, he shows how crucial it is to manage customer expectations that depend on cultural dimensions and internal reference categories. About the Author Moritz Merkle completed his doctoral studies at the Technical University of Darmstadt supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Ruth Stock-Homburg. Today he is postdoctoral researcher and habilitation candidate in the field of service marketing. SN - 9783658344405 SN - 3658344407 T1 - Humanoid service robots :customer expectations and customer responses / TI - Humanoid service robots :customer expectations and customer responses / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-658-34440-5 ER -