TY  - JOUR
T1  - Why Do Individuals Adopt Smart Devices? Model of Factors
Influencing Individuals’ Adoption of Smart Devices
AU - Kim, Sanghyun AU - Hwang, Inho AU - Park, Hyunsun 
JO  - International Journal of Soft Computing
VL  - 11
IS  - 6
SP  - 401
EP  - 408
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9503
DO  - ijscomp.2016.401.408
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijscomp.2016.401.408
KW  - User characteristic
KW  -technological characteristic
KW  -smart devices
KW  -social characteristic
KW  -SEM
AB  - There has been a rapid increase in the use of smart devices by users and they have become a topic
of interest to many researchers. In this study, we develop a research model to investigate the impacts of three
main characteristics user, technological and social characteristic on the intention of a user to adopt a smart
device which is then followed by the actual adoption of a smart device. To test the proposed research model,
we perform a survey and collect 399 responses from randomly selected smart device users. The results of the
Structural Equation Model (SEM) show that three characteristics significantly impacted user’s intentions to
adopt smart devices as well as actual adoption. The findings imply that the usage of smart devices depends
on the unique circumstances of the individual users, the technology and the surrounding environment.
ER  -