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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Suboptimal foods, that is, safe and nutritious products that deviate from market standards because of cosmetic defects, packaging damage, or proximity to date labels, constitute a major source of avoidable food waste. Evidence on how firms can reduce this waste and capture value still remains fragmented across disciplines and supply‐chain ...
Marilena Gemtou +2 more
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Frontiers in PsychologyAnthropomorphism, the attribution of human-like qualities (e.g., mental states) to nonhuman entities, is a universal but variable psychological experience.
Rui-Rui Gao +12 more
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Anthropomorphism as Cognitive Bias
, 2017 Philosophers and psychologists have long worried that the human tendency to anthropomorphize leads us to err in our understanding of nonhuman minds.
Mike Dacey
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Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot message tone, fashion product recommendation type, and personalization level interact to shape consumers' continuance intention in online fashion shopping. Building on Construal Level Theory and the Stereotype Content Model, we treat warmth and competence cues as psychological ...
Jung Mee Kim, Seeun Kim
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Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Highlighting diversity‐related attributes has become an increasingly prominent marketing communication strategy in virtual influencer endorsement practices. Prior research has largely focused on commercial endorsement contexts, conceptualized diversity as a homogeneous and single‐dimensional construct, and emphasized its predominantly positive
Chi‐Cheng Luan, Su Zhang, I‐Lien Li
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Predictors of explicit and implicit anthropomorphism in house facades
Scientific ReportsAnthropomorphism describes the tendency to endow objects with human characteristics, with some individuals being more inclined to do this than others. In an ambiguous environment, this phenomenon can offer guidance.
Sandra Weber +3 more
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Anthropomorphism in Human–Animal Interactions: A Pragmatist View
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 This paper explores anthropomorphism in human–animal interactions from the theoretical perspectives of pragmatism and anthropology of human–animal communication.
Véronique Servais
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AI Chatbots Versus Human Agents for Customer Service: A Social Belonging Perspective
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly transformed customer service, leading to the widespread adoption of AI‐driven chatbots. Despite these advances, consumers consistently prefer human agents over AI chatbots, as documented in both academic research and industry reports. This research proposes a Social Belonging Perspective to explain this
Linwan Wu, Chi Zhang, Kai Tian
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The Linguistic Analysis of Differing Peculiarities between Anthropomorphism and Personification
, 2022 The article is devoted to the study of anthropomorphism, and it analyzes the correlation and differing features between anthropomorphism and personifications.
qizi, Umarova Nigora Amirjon
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Feeling Right Matters: The Impact of Character Design–Appeal Match on Social Media Engagement
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In today's saturated digital environment, brands increasingly use characters to capture attention and engage consumers on social media. Yet little research has examined how brand character design interacts with advertising appeals in social media communication.
Luyao Hao, Takeshi Moriguchi
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