Do people value the same information differently based on who generated it (algorithms vs. humans)? Does consumers’ attitudes towards a company change based on who interacts with them (humans vs. AI)? What do people think about algorithmic (human) decision-makers? Can algorithms be creative? My research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of these dynamics involved in the transfer and valuation of information between humans and AI technologies, as well as a counter perspective on the pervasive technology-is-always-good or bad rhetoric in contemporary business literature. As a side research interest, I also study moral behavior.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

• Paolacci, Gabriele and Gizem Yalcin (2020), “Benevolent Partiality in Prosocial Preferences,” Judgment and Decision Making, 15 (2), 173–181.
• Yalcin, Gizem, Sarah Lim, Stefano Puntoni, and Stijn van Osselaer, “Thumbs Up or Down: Consumer Reactions to Decisions by Algorithms versus Humans,” invited for revision.
• Yalcin, Gizem, Anne-Kathrin Klesse, and Darren W. Dahl, “The Algorithm versus the Expert: Customers’ Perceived Knowledge Impacts Their Valuation of Recommendations by Algorithms and Human Experts,” invited for revision.
• Yalcin, Gizem, Stefano Puntoni, Erlis Themeli, Stefan Philipsen, and Evert Stamhuis, “Perceptions of Justice by Algorithms,” under review.