TY - GEN
T1 - IT'S COOL! ANALYSIS OF FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SMART THERMOSTAT ADOPTION INTENTION
AU - Mamonov, Stanislav
AU - Koufaris, Marios
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Smart thermostats represent an innovative smart home technology and a growing commercial opportunity, yet little is known about the salient factors that affect the adoption of such devices. To address this gap in research, we conduct a three-stage study that progresses through belief elicitation, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factory analysis within a nomological network. We leverage the mixed methods approach to explore the factorial structure of salient perceived benefits and concerns associated with smart thermostats, and we examine the effects of the emergent factors on the adoption intention. We discover that a novel factor, which we term techno-coolness, is the key predictor of the smart thermostat adoption intention. Techno-coolness encompasses the perceptions that a smart thermostat can make a home look modern and futuristic, be fun to use, and make the user feel technologically advanced. We also find that compatibility concerns as well as privacy concerns are significant impediments to the smart thermostat adoption intention.
AB - Smart thermostats represent an innovative smart home technology and a growing commercial opportunity, yet little is known about the salient factors that affect the adoption of such devices. To address this gap in research, we conduct a three-stage study that progresses through belief elicitation, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factory analysis within a nomological network. We leverage the mixed methods approach to explore the factorial structure of salient perceived benefits and concerns associated with smart thermostats, and we examine the effects of the emergent factors on the adoption intention. We discover that a novel factor, which we term techno-coolness, is the key predictor of the smart thermostat adoption intention. Techno-coolness encompasses the perceptions that a smart thermostat can make a home look modern and futuristic, be fun to use, and make the user feel technologically advanced. We also find that compatibility concerns as well as privacy concerns are significant impediments to the smart thermostat adoption intention.
KW - analysis of factors
KW - mixed-methods research
KW - smart home
KW - smart thermostat
KW - technology adoption
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85173620739&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.18690/978-961-286-362-3.5
DO - 10.18690/978-961-286-362-3.5
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85173620739
T3 - 33rd Bled eConference: Enabling Technology for a Sustainable Society, BLED 2020 - Proceedings
SP - 65
EP - 78
BT - 33rd Bled eConference
A2 - Pucihar, Andreja
A2 - Borstnar, Mirjana Kljajic
A2 - Bons, Roger
A2 - Cripps, Helen
A2 - Sheombar, Anand
A2 - Vidmar, Doroteja
PB - University of Maribor Press
T2 - 33rd Bled eConference, BLED 2020
Y2 - 28 June 2020 through 29 June 2020
ER -