The objective of this article is to develop an ex novo model for selecting public relations and communication agencies, or agencies that provide public relations services, based on perceptions from communication managers who work for companies with the highest turnover in Spain and who belong to the Association of Directors of Communication-Dircom. We were inspired by the matrix model of rubrics for competency assessment (Goodrich, 2005). For this purpose, we sent a questionnaire and carried out a factorial analysis and a content analysis to know and classify the attributes that communication managers used when selecting a public relations and communication agency. Results indicate that communication departments consider criteria in the following order of priority: experience, special...

This research explores the perception of customers in Spain about interactions with chatbots as customer service agents and attempts to identify the communicative and marketing factors of success in this interactivity, which is growing in the Broadband Society. To achieve the research objectives, a quantitative methodology is followed through a survey aimed at Spanish clients without distinction of origin. The results show that customers’ perception of the chatbot depends on the context. If the customer’s question or request is simple, the perception is positive; if it is a complex question, the perception is negative. Furthermore, it is observed that the main factors that affect customer perception are quality and context. It is concluded that there is a relationship between the quality of the chatbot and customer satisfaction and it has been identified that the most important facto...

This research explores the perception of customers in Spain about interactions with chatbots as customer service agents and attempts to identify the communicative and marketing factors of success in this interactivity, which is growing in the Broadband Society. To achieve the research objectives, a quantitative methodology is followed through a survey aimed at Spanish clients without distinction of origin. The results show that customers’ perception of the chatbot depends on the context. If the customer’s question or request is simple, the perception is positive; if it is a complex question, the perception is negative. Furthermore, it is observed that the main factors that affect customer perception are quality and context. It is concluded that there is a relationship between the quality of the chatbot and customer satisfaction and it has been identified that the most important facto...