Factors affecting hotel managers’ intentions to adopt robotic technologies: A global study

The objective of this study that was conducted with 1077 hotel managers in 11 countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, was to identify the effects of technological, organizational, and environmental (TOE) factors on hotel managers’ intentions to adopt robotic technolog...

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Autores: Pizam, Abraham, Bulent Ozturk, Ahmet, Balderas-Cejudo, Adela, Buhalis, Dimitrios, Fuchs, Galia, Tadayuki, Hara, Meira, Jessica, García Revilla, Mercedes Raquel, Sethi, Deepa, Shen, Ye, State, Olimpia, Hacikara, Ahmet, Chaulagain, Suja
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA)
Repositorio:udiMundus. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad a Distancia de Madrid
OAI Identifier:oai:udimundus.udima.es:20.500.12226/1567
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12226/1567
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2022.103139
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Technology adoption
Robotics
TOE framework
Robots in hotels
Hotel industry
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Sumario:The objective of this study that was conducted with 1077 hotel managers in 11 countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, was to identify the effects of technological, organizational, and environmental (TOE) factors on hotel managers’ intentions to adopt robotic technologies in their hotels. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was utilized to test the study hypotheses. The results indicated that hotel managers’ intention to adopt robotic technologies were positively influenced by their perceived relative advantage, competitive pressure and top management support and negatively influenced by their perceived complexity of the technology. The study results further demonstrated that the impacts of relative advantage, complexity, top management support, and competitive advantage on intention to adopt were moderated by innovativeness. The current study also addressed the theoretical and practical implications to existing knowledge and practice in the hotel industry.