Motivations for the Use of IoT Solutions by Company Managers in the Digital Age: A Romanian Case

Autor: Sorinel Căpușneanu, Adela Ioana Staraș, Mihaela Ștefan Hint, Dan Ioan Topor, Mirela Cătălina Tűrkeș, Laurentiu Florentin Stoenica
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
IoT
Knowledge management
media_common.quotation_subject
Survey sampling
digital era
Computer-assisted web interviewing
lcsh:Technology
extrinsic motivation
lcsh:Chemistry
perceived privacy
Originality
0502 economics and business
General Materials Science
Set (psychology)
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Instrumentation
intrinsic motivation
media_common
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Data collection
lcsh:T
business.industry
Process Chemistry and Technology
Romanian
05 social sciences
General Engineering
lcsh:QC1-999
language.human_language
Computer Science Applications
Variable (computer science)
perceived security
lcsh:Biology (General)
lcsh:QD1-999
Action (philosophy)
lcsh:TA1-2040
behavioral intention
language
050211 marketing
UTAUT
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
business
Psychology
lcsh:Physics
050203 business & management
Zdroj: Applied Sciences
Volume 10
Issue 19
Applied Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 6905, p 6905 (2020)
ISSN: 2076-3417
DOI: 10.3390/app10196905
Popis: The purpose of our study is to research and identify intrinsic and extrinsic motivations but also their impact on the behavioral intentions of using Internet of Things (IoT) solutions among company managers in Romania in the future. The research method used in the quantitative study was the sample survey, using the online questionnaire as a data collection tool. The questionnaire included a formalized set of 54 questions, being specially designed to generate a new structural model starting from the Unified Theory for Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) elements. A total of 416 respondents provided complete and useful answers for this research. The results of the study showed that the endogenous factor intrinsically motivated significantly and strongly affected the intention of managers to use IoT solutions in professional activity compared to the variable of extrinsic motivation whose action remains insignificant. At the same time, the effect of the intrinsic motivation variable was mediated by the significant influence of the endogenous extrinsic motivation factor. The implications of this study are multiple for both managers and researchers. The originality of this article lies in the empirical part of the research, which, by using a quantitative method based on the questionnaire, provides important information on the impact of the motivational spectrum on the acceptance and use of IoT solutions by managers in the next period to achieve new performance, both personal and professional.
Databáze: OpenAIRE