Xiaofei Tang
Biographic Data
| ID | 5434559 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Xiaofei Tang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Xiaofei |
| FAMILY NAME | Tang |
| SIGNATURE | TANG X |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5742-016X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Not anti-technology, but anti-capitalist
In this interview, Professor Simon Lindgren – Professor of Sociology at Umeå University, Sweden, and founder of the DIGSUM Centre for Digital Social Research – reflects on the intellectual trajectories, institutional frustrations, and critical theoretical commitments that underpin his recent and forthcoming scholarship on artificial intelligence. Drawing on Critical Theory of AI (2024), the Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence …
Tackling tricky complaints
Purpose This research serves a twofold purpose: first, to identify and categorize two common intention hiding strategies used by frontline employees when handling tricky user complaints, specifically evasive hiding and rationalized hiding; and second, to systematically examine the interactive effects of agent type (AI vs. human) and these strategies on users’ willingness to forgive. Design/methodology/approach Three experiments (N = 820) were con…
Tracing contextual realities in Tesol
Every issue of TESOL in Context reflects the many places in which our field lives: classrooms, communities, policy environments, digital spaces, and the interpersonal worlds of learners and educators. As we worked through the contributions in this volume, we found ourselves repeatedly drawn to the idea of contextual realities, namely, the histories that shape current practice, the polices that structure opportunity, the instructional choices that…
Navigating policy, pedagogy, and the self in Tesol
From time to time, those of us working in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) become acutely aware that the field is evolving in ways that demand our attention. Established conversations take on new contours, and challenges long familiar begin to reveal unfamiliar dimensions. This issue – Volume 34, Number 1 of TESOL in Context – emerges at one such moment. In the current issue, it is clear that our field is grappling with a c…
Will human designers be replaced? Exploring consumer responses to AI involvement in interior design
The impacts of fear, sadness and disgust on preferences for green packaging products under the influence of disease information
Impact of trusting humanoid intelligent robots on employees’ job dedication intentions
摘要: 类人智能机器人(Humanoid Intelligent Robots, HIR)不仅带给人类情感体验, 而且正在重塑人机关系信任。本文试图从独特代理假说视角探究组织关系情境中的新型人机关系信任的形成与影响。1个定性访谈研究和3个定量研究发现, 组织关系情境中的新型人机关系信任可以分为HIR情感修缮信任和HIR功能辅助信任两个维度。自我修缮和友情修缮两种人机协作类型更能显著激发HIR情感修缮信任; 智力辅助和体力辅助两种人机协作类型更能显著激发HIR功能辅助信任。相比HIR功能辅助信任, HIR情感修缮信任更有利于提升组织温暖感知, 进而更有效促进员工工作贡献意愿; 反之, 相比HIR情感修缮信任, HIR功能辅助信任更有利于提升组织能力感知, 进而更有效促进员工工作贡献意愿。最后, 将HIR代理需求导向作为情境变量引入研究, 验证了其在人机关系信任与组织温暖-能力感知之间的调节作用
Working with AI
In the artificial intelligence (AI) environment, there is limited research on employees’ perception of career achievement. Previous literature has presented two different viewpoints: AI either reduces or increases employees’ perception of career achievement. We introduce the concept of the intelligent service strategy to resolve this contradiction and explore its underlying reasons. Through three experiments involving 736 front-line employees (wi…
Abstract or concrete? The effects of language style and service context on continuous usage intention for AI voice assistants
The unprecedented growth in voice assistants (VAs) provided with artificial intelligence (AI) challenges managers aiming to harness various new technologies to enhance the competitiveness of their products. This article thus investigates how VAs can more effectively improve the user experience by focusing on the attributes of service contexts, matching a utilitarian-dominant (hedonic-dominant) context with concrete (abstract) language in VA–human…
Digital Games and Pragmatics Learning
As a type of computer‐assisted learning program, digital games have been shown as a promising platform for second language learning. Researchers have advocated for the potential benefits of games for pragmatics learning because games can immerse learners in a variety of social contexts. Although small in volume, emerging research has examined the use of digital games and gamelike virtual environments in facilitating second language pragmatics lea…
Group norms and policy norms trigger different autonomous motivations for Chinese investors in cryptocurrency investment
Cryptocurrency has become a hot area of global investment. Despite the increasing regulation of cryptocurrencies, some investors are still obsessed with investing in cryptocurrencies, and the reasons behind this are worth exploring. Emerging studies from a cryptocurrency behavioural perspective demonstrate that investments in cryptocurrency are influenced by a variety of factors, but ignore the objective factor of the political environment. Based…
Digital Game‐Based Learning of Formulaic Expressions in Second Language Chinese
Digital games offer a promising platform to engage second language (L2) learners in contextualized language practice, including pragmatics practice. Although scholars have made strong claims on the benefits of game‐based learning, empirical findings have not yet established strong support for the effectiveness of games. Existing studies are mostly descriptive rather than experimental; few studies have compared L2 learning outcomes between a game‐…
Learning how to learn pragmatics
Learning strategies are self-generated actions taken to make learning more efficient, productive, and transferable to new settings (Oxford, 1990, 2011). We can teach students how to use learning strategies efficiently, helping them gain autonomy and control of their own learning process. This study applied strategy instruction to pragmatics learning in a second language (L2). Adapting Oxford’s (2011) taxonomy, we taught L2 learners various cognit…
The effects of task modality on L2 Chinese learners’ pragmatic development
Learning Chinese Formulaic Expressions in a Scenario‐Based Interactive Environment
This study examined the effectiveness and usability of a scenario‐based interactive practice in teaching Chinese formulaic expressions. Thirty students enrolled in Chinese classes in a U.S. university interacted with characters in videos featuring scenes recorded in Shanghai. Students were prompted to use formulaic expressions during their text‐based interactions with built‐in characters. Several game‐like features were incorporated into the prac…
The effects of task modality on L2 Chinese learners’ pragmatic development
Learning Chinese Formulaic Expressions in a Scenario‐Based Interactive Environment
This study examined the effectiveness and usability of a scenario‐based interactive practice in teaching Chinese formulaic expressions. Thirty students enrolled in Chinese classes in a U.S. university interacted with characters in videos featuring scenes recorded in Shanghai. Students were prompted to use formulaic expressions during their text‐based interactions with built‐in characters. Several game‐like features were incorporated into the prac…
Learning Chinese Formulaic Expressions in a Scenario‐Based Interactive Environment
This study examined the effectiveness and usability of a scenario‐based interactive practice in teaching Chinese formulaic expressions. Thirty students enrolled in Chinese classes in a U.S. university interacted with characters in videos featuring scenes recorded in Shanghai. Students were prompted to use formulaic expressions during their text‐based interactions with built‐in characters. Several game‐like features were incorporated into the prac…
The effects of task modality on L2 Chinese learners’ pragmatic development
Learning how to learn pragmatics
Learning strategies are self-generated actions taken to make learning more efficient, productive, and transferable to new settings (Oxford, 1990, 2011). We can teach students how to use learning strategies efficiently, helping them gain autonomy and control of their own learning process. This study applied strategy instruction to pragmatics learning in a second language (L2). Adapting Oxford’s (2011) taxonomy, we taught L2 learners various cognit…
Digital Game‐Based Learning of Formulaic Expressions in Second Language Chinese
Digital games offer a promising platform to engage second language (L2) learners in contextualized language practice, including pragmatics practice. Although scholars have made strong claims on the benefits of game‐based learning, empirical findings have not yet established strong support for the effectiveness of games. Existing studies are mostly descriptive rather than experimental; few studies have compared L2 learning outcomes between a game‐…
Digital Games and Pragmatics Learning
As a type of computer‐assisted learning program, digital games have been shown as a promising platform for second language learning. Researchers have advocated for the potential benefits of games for pragmatics learning because games can immerse learners in a variety of social contexts. Although small in volume, emerging research has examined the use of digital games and gamelike virtual environments in facilitating second language pragmatics lea…
Group norms and policy norms trigger different autonomous motivations for Chinese investors in cryptocurrency investment
Cryptocurrency has become a hot area of global investment. Despite the increasing regulation of cryptocurrencies, some investors are still obsessed with investing in cryptocurrencies, and the reasons behind this are worth exploring. Emerging studies from a cryptocurrency behavioural perspective demonstrate that investments in cryptocurrency are influenced by a variety of factors, but ignore the objective factor of the political environment. Based…
Working with AI
In the artificial intelligence (AI) environment, there is limited research on employees’ perception of career achievement. Previous literature has presented two different viewpoints: AI either reduces or increases employees’ perception of career achievement. We introduce the concept of the intelligent service strategy to resolve this contradiction and explore its underlying reasons. Through three experiments involving 736 front-line employees (wi…
Abstract or concrete? The effects of language style and service context on continuous usage intention for AI voice assistants
The unprecedented growth in voice assistants (VAs) provided with artificial intelligence (AI) challenges managers aiming to harness various new technologies to enhance the competitiveness of their products. This article thus investigates how VAs can more effectively improve the user experience by focusing on the attributes of service contexts, matching a utilitarian-dominant (hedonic-dominant) context with concrete (abstract) language in VA–human…
Tracing contextual realities in Tesol
Every issue of TESOL in Context reflects the many places in which our field lives: classrooms, communities, policy environments, digital spaces, and the interpersonal worlds of learners and educators. As we worked through the contributions in this volume, we found ourselves repeatedly drawn to the idea of contextual realities, namely, the histories that shape current practice, the polices that structure opportunity, the instructional choices that…
Navigating policy, pedagogy, and the self in Tesol
From time to time, those of us working in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) become acutely aware that the field is evolving in ways that demand our attention. Established conversations take on new contours, and challenges long familiar begin to reveal unfamiliar dimensions. This issue – Volume 34, Number 1 of TESOL in Context – emerges at one such moment. In the current issue, it is clear that our field is grappling with a c…
Will human designers be replaced? Exploring consumer responses to AI involvement in interior design
The impacts of fear, sadness and disgust on preferences for green packaging products under the influence of disease information
Impact of trusting humanoid intelligent robots on employees’ job dedication intentions
摘要: 类人智能机器人(Humanoid Intelligent Robots, HIR)不仅带给人类情感体验, 而且正在重塑人机关系信任。本文试图从独特代理假说视角探究组织关系情境中的新型人机关系信任的形成与影响。1个定性访谈研究和3个定量研究发现, 组织关系情境中的新型人机关系信任可以分为HIR情感修缮信任和HIR功能辅助信任两个维度。自我修缮和友情修缮两种人机协作类型更能显著激发HIR情感修缮信任; 智力辅助和体力辅助两种人机协作类型更能显著激发HIR功能辅助信任。相比HIR功能辅助信任, HIR情感修缮信任更有利于提升组织温暖感知, 进而更有效促进员工工作贡献意愿; 反之, 相比HIR情感修缮信任, HIR功能辅助信任更有利于提升组织能力感知, 进而更有效促进员工工作贡献意愿。最后, 将HIR代理需求导向作为情境变量引入研究, 验证了其在人机关系信任与组织温暖-能力感知之间的调节作用
Not anti-technology, but anti-capitalist
In this interview, Professor Simon Lindgren – Professor of Sociology at Umeå University, Sweden, and founder of the DIGSUM Centre for Digital Social Research – reflects on the intellectual trajectories, institutional frustrations, and critical theoretical commitments that underpin his recent and forthcoming scholarship on artificial intelligence. Drawing on Critical Theory of AI (2024), the Handbook of Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence …
Tackling tricky complaints
Purpose This research serves a twofold purpose: first, to identify and categorize two common intention hiding strategies used by frontline employees when handling tricky user complaints, specifically evasive hiding and rationalized hiding; and second, to systematically examine the interactive effects of agent type (AI vs. human) and these strategies on users’ willingness to forgive. Design/methodology/approach Three experiments (N = 820) were con…
Psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (7 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · AI in Service Interactions (4 works) · Language acquisition (4 works) · Pragmatics (4 works) · Second Language Acquisition and Learning (4 works) · Business (3 works)