Smart Home Technology Acceptance: An Empirical Investigation

Recent technological advances have contributed to the development of smart homes, embedded with artificial intelligence, which aim to provide tailored services to residents. Smart home technologies benefit people daily and improve the environment in the long-term perspective. Despite the great interest of the research community in smart homes, the adoption rate is still low. The purpose of this study is to develop the research model, which can explain the acceptance of smart homes by users. Along with the relationship of technology acceptance factors with use behaviour, this study analyses the importance of individuals' belief and values. Structural equational modelling has been employed to test the proposed hypotheses using a sample of 422 smart home users. The analysis revealed the significance of the relationships between values and perceived technology-fit, while the technology acceptance factors had a strong correlation with use behaviour leading to satisfaction.