Attachment styles moderate customer responses to frontline service robots: Evidence from affective, attitudinal, and behavioral measures

@article{Pozharliev2021AttachmentSM,
  title={Attachment styles moderate customer responses to frontline service robots: Evidence from affective, attitudinal, and behavioral measures},
  author={Rumen Pozharliev and Matteo De Angelis and Dario Rossi and Simona Romani and Willem Verbeke and Patrizia Cherubino},
  journal={Psychology \& Marketing},
  year={2021},
  volume={38},
  pages={881-895}
}
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