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The Effect of COVID-19 on Airline Transportation Services: A Study on Service Robot Usage Intention       
Yazarlar
Ieva Meıdute-Kavalıauskıene
Doç. Dr. Bülent YILDIZ Doç. Dr. Bülent YILDIZ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Şemsettin Çiğdem
Gaziantep Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Renata Cıncıkaıte
Özet
Robots have started to be used in the service sector as well as in the manufacturing industry. The use of service robots in airport services, tourism, and hospital services also brings many advantages. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing physical contact and providing hygiene are essential benefits of service robots. For this purpose, the effect of COVID-19 fear on perceived trust in service robots and the intention to use them at airports was investigated in this study. For analysis, data were collected from 730 participants from 64 different countries, by questionnaire. The data were analyzed with the SPSS and AMOS package programs. As a result of the structural equation model analysis, it was determined that COVID-19 fear affects perceived trust in service robots and the intention to use them positively, and perceived trust also affects the intention to use service robots positively. In addition, as a result of the Process Macro analysis, it was found that perceived trust has a high mediating effect on the effect of COVID-19 fear on the intention to use. The research results show that people’s attitudes towards COVID-19 shape the perception of robot usage in air transport services.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Airport services | COVID-19 fear | Intention to use | Perceived trust | Service robots
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı SUSTAINABILITY
Dergi ISSN 2071-1050
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Dergi Grubu Q2
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 11-2021
Cilt No 13
Sayı 22
Sayfalar 1 / 19
Doi Numarası 10.3390/su132212571
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132212571