[HTML][HTML] When do AI chatbots lead to higher customer satisfaction than human frontline employees in online shop** assistance? Considering product attribute type

Y Ruan, J Mezei - Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing adoption of AI chatbots in online shop** assistance, as a complement or
substitute for human frontline employees (HFLEs), leads to the question whether HFLEs …

Complementary effects of CRM and social media on customer co-creation and sales performance in B2B firms: The role of salesperson self-determination needs

OS Itani, A Kalra, J Riley - Information & Management, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines the effects of salespeople's social media and customer relationship
management (CRM) technology use on value co-creation through knowledge and the …

SMEs navigating COVID-19: The influence of social capital and dynamic capabilities on organizational resilience

LK Ozanne, M Chowdhury, G Prayag… - Industrial Marketing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Building the resilience capacity of businesses is important for economic, social and
community recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet organizational resilience is under …

A desire for success: Exploring the roles of personal and job resources in determining the outcomes of salesperson social media use

A Kalra, NN Chaker, R Singh, OS Itani… - Industrial Marketing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sales researchers have recognized the importance of salesperson social media use in
enhancing job outcomes. However, research that considers the influence of salesperson …

“Turning role conflict into performance”: assessing the moderating role of self-monitoring, manager trust and manager identification

A Kalra, OS Itani, S Sun - Journal of Service Theory and Practice, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study examines the contextual variables that can curb the negative effects of
role conflict on job satisfaction and enhance the positive effect of job satisfaction on creativity …

Promoting customer value co-creation through social capital in online brand communities: The mediating role of member inspiration

Y Cao, J Lin, Z Zhou - Computers in Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate how social capital can promote customer value co-creation
behavior in Online Brand Communities (OBCs). It further explores the mediating role of …

High-performance work systems in public service units: examining the social capital and ambidexterity as mediating process

M Ali, S Freeman, L Shen, L **ong… - Personnel review, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study clarifies how intra-organizational social capital (IOSC) and unit-
organizational ambidexterity (UOA), using resource-based view and dynamic capability …

How ethical leadership and ethical self-leadership enhance the effects of idiosyncratic deals on salesperson work engagement and performance

A Kalra, R Singh, V Badrinarayanan, A Gupta - Journal of Business Ethics, 2024 - Springer
To meet the shifting needs and preferences of the contemporary sales workforce, sales
organizations are deploying idiosyncratic deals (I-deals), or mutually beneficial …

An inquiry into effective salesperson social media use in multinational versus local firms

L Schmitt, R Epler, E Casenave… - Journal of International …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Salespeople are increasingly required to navigate an international environment—having
international customers or international peers. However, much remains to be learned about …

“Because you are a part of me”: Assessing the effects of salesperson social media use on job outcomes and the moderating roles of moral identity and gender

OS Itani, A Kalra, NN Chaker, R Singh - Industrial Marketing Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Although the effects of salesperson social media use have recently received significant
scholarly attention, there remains critical research gaps that, if addressed, can further …