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Bezençon, Valéry
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Bezençon, Valéry
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valery.bezencon@unine.ch
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- PublicationAccès libreAre consumers consistent in their sustainable behaviours? A longitudinal study on consistency and spillover(2022-4-26)
; ;Moussaoui, Lisa S.It is unclear whether knowledge about a customer’s current sustainable behaviours, such as their choice of lightbulbs or travel mode, allows us to predict the sustainable behaviours they will carry out in the future. We address this in a large longitudinal study (N = 2177) where participants provided self-reports on electricity-, heating- and mobility related consumption at two separate times, three years apart. The results highlighted a high level of temporal consistency, whereby carrying out one sustainable behaviour predicted consumers would be carrying out the same behaviour three years later. However, sustainable behaviours generally did not drive other different sustainable behaviours years later (i.e. no spillover). In fact, isolated instances of spillover emerged only between different kinds of mobility-related consumption among consumers with high environmental values. Overall, the findings indicate a high degree of consistency in sustainable behaviour even years apart, and limited spillover from one sustainable behaviour to another. - PublicationAccès libreTrojan Horse or Useful Helper? A Relationship Perspective on Artificial Intelligence Assistants with Humanlike Features(2022-3-22)
; ;Alavi, SaschaArtificial intelligence assistants (AIAs) such as Alexa are prevalent in consumers’ homes. Owing to their powerful artificial intelligence, consumers may perceive that AIAs have a mind of their own, that is, they anthropomorphize them. Past marketing research points to beneficial effects of AIA anthropomorphism for consumers and companies, while potential harmful effects have not been empirically explored. In examining both beneficial and harmful effects, this paper adopts a relationship perspective. Indeed, consumers spend large amounts of time with their AIAs, potentially developing a relationship over time that builds on an exchange of benefits and (psychological) costs. A preliminary survey and user interviews, a field study and a field experiment with AIA users show that AIA anthropomorphism may threaten users’ identity, which disempowers them, creates data privacy concerns and ultimately undermines their well-being. These harmful effects particularly emerge in close, long relationships. The field experiment uncovers three empowering interventions which attenuate harmful effects of AIA anthropomorphism in relationships with consumers. With AI-powered technologies taking larger roles in our daily lives, our research highlights key future directions to investigate the permanent ongoing nature of the consumer–AI relationships. - PublicationAccès libreDealing with poor online ratings in the hospitality service industry: The mitigating power of corporate social responsibility activities(2021-7-15)
;Girardin, Florent; Lunardo, Renaud - PublicationAccès libre
- PublicationAccès libreFeedback devices help only environmentally concerned people act pro-environmentally over time(2020-6-6)
; Technological advancements spawn products that tend to be useful when placed in the appropriate hands. Here we investigated whether potential benefits of owning a feedback device were driven by individual differences in environmental values (i.e. biospherism), or whether the device alone is sufficient to reduce energy over time. We examined a total of 276 households, 138 equipped with a feedback device formed our treatment group, and 138 control households selected from a wider pool of households (+2000) based on their similarity to the treatment households, according to a statistical matching procedure. The results indicated that individuals with low biospheric values fail to decrease their electricity expenditure when paired with a feedback device. Conversely, highly biospheric individuals do engage in more pro-environmental behaviour when they receive feedback, but only when they have owned the device for about three years or more. We obtained additional insights, by focusing on differences within the treatment group that suggest, once again, that only highly biospheric individuals who owned the device for over three years successfully implement changes in the household. Overall, these results indicate that feedback devices such as smart meters can be important tools in achieving energy reductions only when paired with environmentally concerned individuals. Given the current trend towards increased feedback technology, policy implications for decision makers are discussed. - PublicationMétadonnées seulement
- PublicationMétadonnées seulementThe effect of a sustainable label portfolio on consumer perception of ethicality and retail patronage(2015-8-1)
; Etemad-Sajadi, R. - PublicationMétadonnées seulementAdvances in understanding energy consumption behavior and the governance of its change – outline of an integrated framework(2015-6-15)
;Burger, Paul; ;Bornemann, Basil ;Brosch, Tobias ;Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; ;Lena Hille, Stefanie ;Moser, Corinne ;Ramseier, Céline ;Samuel, Robin ;Sander, David ;Schmidt, Stephan ;Sohre, Annika - PublicationAccès libreWhat Drives International Performance? Insights from Computer-Related Service Firms(2012-1-1)
;Etemad-Sajadi, R.