TY - GEN
T1 - Unlocking the smart home
T2 - 32nd Bled eConference: Humanizing Technology for a Sustainable Society, BLED 2019
AU - Mamonov, Stanislav
AU - Benbunan-Fich, Raquel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Smart home technologies are a growing trend, yet little is known about factors that drive their adoption, given the spectrum of potential functional, experiential and esthetic benefits they offer. To address this gap in research, we explore the factorial structure of salient perceived benefits and concerns associated with smart locks, and we examine the effects of the emergent factors on the adoption intention. We find that while potential adopters express a broad range of perceived benefits and concerns associated with smart locks, only the perceived relative advantage of smart locks vis-a-vis conventional locks in providing safety and security is significantly correlated with adoption intention. Our results indicate that this perceived relative advantage is a critical consideration in the adoption of smart home technologies that replace existing solutions.
AB - Smart home technologies are a growing trend, yet little is known about factors that drive their adoption, given the spectrum of potential functional, experiential and esthetic benefits they offer. To address this gap in research, we explore the factorial structure of salient perceived benefits and concerns associated with smart locks, and we examine the effects of the emergent factors on the adoption intention. We find that while potential adopters express a broad range of perceived benefits and concerns associated with smart locks, only the perceived relative advantage of smart locks vis-a-vis conventional locks in providing safety and security is significantly correlated with adoption intention. Our results indicate that this perceived relative advantage is a critical consideration in the adoption of smart home technologies that replace existing solutions.
KW - Adoption intention
KW - Influencing factors
KW - Privacy
KW - Security
KW - Smart home technology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091555771&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.18690/978-961-286-280-0.3
DO - 10.18690/978-961-286-280-0.3
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85091555771
T3 - 32nd Bled eConference Humanizing Technology for a Sustainable Society, BLED 2019 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 33
EP - 48
BT - 32nd Bled eConference Humanizing Technology for a Sustainable Society, BLED 2019 - Conference Proceedings
A2 - Pucihar, Andreja
A2 - Borstnar, Mirjana Kljajic
A2 - Bons, Roger
A2 - Seitz, Juergen
A2 - Cripps, Helen
A2 - Vidmar, Doroteja
PB - University of Maribor Press
Y2 - 16 June 2019 through 19 June 2019
ER -