---
_id: '37146'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Organizations increasingly introduce
    collaborative technologies in form of virtual assistants (VAs) to save valuable
    resources, especially when employees are assisted with work-related tasks. However,
    the effect of VAs on virtual teams and collaboration remains uncertain, particularly
    whether employees show social loafing (SL) tendencies, i.e., applying less effort
    for collective tasks compared to working alone. While extant research indicates
    that VAs collaboratively working in teams exert greater results, less is known
    about SL in virtual collaboration and how responsibility attribution alters. An
    online experiment with N = 102 was conducted in which participants were assisted
    by a VA in solving a task. The results indicate SL tendencies in virtual collaboration
    with VAs and that participants tend to cede responsibility to the VA. This study
    makes a first foray and extends the information systems (IS) literature by analyzing
    SL and responsibility attribution thus updates our knowledge on virtual collaboration
    with VAs.</jats:p>
author:
- first_name: Stefan
  full_name: Stieglitz, Stefan
  last_name: Stieglitz
- first_name: Milad
  full_name: Mirbabaie, Milad
  id: '88691'
  last_name: Mirbabaie
- first_name: Nicholas R. J.
  full_name: Möllmann, Nicholas R. J.
  last_name: Möllmann
- first_name: Jannik
  full_name: Rzyski, Jannik
  last_name: Rzyski
citation:
  ama: 'Stieglitz S, Mirbabaie M, Möllmann NRJ, Rzyski J. Collaborating with Virtual
    Assistants in Organizations: Analyzing Social Loafing Tendencies and Responsibility
    Attribution. <i>Information Systems Frontiers</i>. 2021;24(3):745-770. doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0">10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0</a>'
  apa: 'Stieglitz, S., Mirbabaie, M., Möllmann, N. R. J., &#38; Rzyski, J. (2021).
    Collaborating with Virtual Assistants in Organizations: Analyzing Social Loafing
    Tendencies and Responsibility Attribution. <i>Information Systems Frontiers</i>,
    <i>24</i>(3), 745–770. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Stieglitz_Mirbabaie_Möllmann_Rzyski_2021, title={Collaborating
    with Virtual Assistants in Organizations: Analyzing Social Loafing Tendencies
    and Responsibility Attribution}, volume={24}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0">10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0</a>},
    number={3}, journal={Information Systems Frontiers}, publisher={Springer Science
    and Business Media LLC}, author={Stieglitz, Stefan and Mirbabaie, Milad and Möllmann,
    Nicholas R. J. and Rzyski, Jannik}, year={2021}, pages={745–770} }'
  chicago: 'Stieglitz, Stefan, Milad Mirbabaie, Nicholas R. J. Möllmann, and Jannik
    Rzyski. “Collaborating with Virtual Assistants in Organizations: Analyzing Social
    Loafing Tendencies and Responsibility Attribution.” <i>Information Systems Frontiers</i>
    24, no. 3 (2021): 745–70. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0</a>.'
  ieee: 'S. Stieglitz, M. Mirbabaie, N. R. J. Möllmann, and J. Rzyski, “Collaborating
    with Virtual Assistants in Organizations: Analyzing Social Loafing Tendencies
    and Responsibility Attribution,” <i>Information Systems Frontiers</i>, vol. 24,
    no. 3, pp. 745–770, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0">10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0</a>.'
  mla: 'Stieglitz, Stefan, et al. “Collaborating with Virtual Assistants in Organizations:
    Analyzing Social Loafing Tendencies and Responsibility Attribution.” <i>Information
    Systems Frontiers</i>, vol. 24, no. 3, Springer Science and Business Media LLC,
    2021, pp. 745–70, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0">10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0</a>.'
  short: S. Stieglitz, M. Mirbabaie, N.R.J. Möllmann, J. Rzyski, Information Systems
    Frontiers 24 (2021) 745–770.
date_created: 2023-01-17T15:25:22Z
date_updated: 2023-01-18T07:57:25Z
doi: 10.1007/s10796-021-10201-0
intvolume: '        24'
issue: '3'
keyword:
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Information Systems
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Software
language:
- iso: eng
page: 745-770
publication: Information Systems Frontiers
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1387-3326
  - 1572-9419
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
status: public
title: 'Collaborating with Virtual Assistants in Organizations: Analyzing Social Loafing
  Tendencies and Responsibility Attribution'
type: journal_article
user_id: '80546'
volume: 24
year: '2021'
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