ABSTRACT

This study identifies the determinants which impact the intention to use the Internet of Things (IoT) enabled devices by the aged consumers of India for household purposes. With the help of the Model of Adoption of Technology in Households (MATH), a conceptual model has been developed. The model has been extended by considering two moderators (age and gender). It has been ascertained that the explanative power of the model after consideration of two moderators has been enhanced. Ten constructs of MATH have been considered which were found relevant to this study. The validation of the greater explainability by including two moderators in this modified MATH is considered as a theoretical contribution of this study. This study provides insight to the policy makers to understand how the aged consumers of India can be motivated to use IoT-enabled devices for their household purposes that would eventually improve their quality of life.

摘要

本研究确定了影响印度老年消费者将物联网 (IoT) 设备用于家庭目的的决定因素。在家庭技术采用模型 (MATH) 的帮助下，开发了一个概念模型。该模型已通过考虑两个主持人（年龄和性别）进行了扩展。已经确定，在考虑了两个主持人之后，模型的解释力得到了增强。已经考虑了十个与本研究相关的数学结构。通过在修改后的 MATH 中包含两个主持人来验证更大的可解释性被认为是本研究的理论贡献。