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Original Articles

Effect of AI chatbot empathy and identity disclosure on willingness to donate: the mediation of humanness and social presence

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Pages 1998-2010 | Received 13 Jan 2022, Accepted 20 Jul 2022, Published online: 27 Jul 2022

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