Research Article

User Acceptance of Internet of Vehicles Services: Empirical Findings of Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and Fuzzy Sets Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA)

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Related studies on IoV-based services acceptance.

ReferencesTheoryTypes of IoV-based servicesMethod (data collection and analysis)Antecedent conditions (IV) and outcome (DV)Key findings

[35]TAMConnected vehiclesOnline survey (116 participants t) and PLS-SEMPerceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), attitude, privacy concerns, privacy risk, trust in provider, information control, social norm, and behavioral intention (BI) to useAttitude and social norm have a significant positive effect on BI, while PU, privacy risk, and trust in provider have no effect

[10]Social cognitive theory, TPB, prospect theory, and value perception theoryFully autonomous vehiclesSurvey (355 samples in Beijing, China) and PLS-SEMMass media, social media, self-efficacy, subjective norms (SN), PU, perceived risks (PR), and adoption intention to private AVs and public AVsMass media enhances potential users’ self-efficacy of fully AVs, while social media strengthens SN; both PU and PR of AVs are perceived simultaneously via mass media, whereas PR can be significantly eliminated by social media; all constructs of self-efficacy, SN, PU, and PR are verified to drive intention to use AVs

[14]TPBAutonomous vehiclesSurvey (526 residents in Seoul, Korea) and SEMAttitude, SN, behavioral control, cognitive and emotive factors (comparative advantage, compatibility, complexity, and hedonic motivation), and acceptanceIndividuals’ mindset, subjective customs, and behavioral influence directly affect AVs acceptance; comparative advantage, compatibility, complexity, and hedonic motivation indirectly affect AVs acceptance

[45]UTAUT2Autonomous delivery vehiclesOnline survey (501 German) and SEMPerformance expectancy (PE), effort expectancy (EE), social influence (SI), facilitating conditions (FC), hedonic motivation, price sensitivity, PR, and BIPrice sensitivity is the strongest predictor of BI, followed by PE, hedonic motivation, PR, SI, and FC, whereas no effect could be found for EE

[46]TAMAutonomous shuttle servicesSurvey (700 respondents in Taiwan) and SEMPU, PEOU, attitude, trust, perceived enjoyment, and use intentionPU, PEOU, trust, and perceived enjoyment positively affect attitude; PU, trust, and attitude positively affect use intention

[11]TAM and initial trust theoryAutomated vehiclesFace-to-face survey (216 drivers in Shenzhen, China) and SEMPU, PEOU, perceived safety risk, perceived privacy risk, initial trust, attitude towards using, and BIPEOU positively affect PU; PU and perceived safety risk positively affect initial trust; PEOU and initial trust positively affect attitude; PU and attitude positively affect BI

[8]Trust theoryAutonomous vehiclesSurvey (742 Korean respondents)& PLS-SEMTrust in technology, perceived benefit (PB), PR, general acceptance, BI, and willingness to pay.Trust has direct and indirect effects on AV acceptance; PB is more influential than PR in affecting AV acceptance and also in mediating the trust-acceptability relationship

[47]TAMAutonomous vehiclesOnline survey (313 Korean respondents) and PLS-SEMRelative advantage, psychological ownership, self-efficiency, PR, PU, PEOU, and intention to useRelative advantage positively affects PU; self-efficacy positively affects PEOU; self-efficacy, psychological ownership, PR, and PU affect intention to use autonomous vehicles

[48]TAMAutonomous electric busOnline survey (268 passengers in Germany) and SEMPU, PEOU, ATU, individual differences, social impacts, systems characteristics, and intention to useDesire to exert control, SN, perceived enjoyment, PU, and PEOU positively affect ATU; trust, SN, price evaluation, and ATU positively affect intention to use

[31]TAM and the life-oriented approachSelf-driving public busOnline survey (268 passengers in Germany) and PLS-SEMPU, PEOU, ATU, life choices, subjective well-being, factors of travel quality, life domains, and intention to useTrust, price evaluation, social network, residence, family budget, PU, and ATU positively affect intention to use

[12]TAMAutomated vehiclesOnline survey (1177 participants in Europe, China, and North America) and PLS-SEMAttitude towards environmental protection, innovativeness, perceived enjoyment, objective usability, PU, PEOU, ATU, and BIPerceived enjoyment and objective usability positively affect both PU and PEOU; PU and PEOU positively affect ATU; ATU positively affects BI

[2]TAMAutonomous electric vehiclesOnline survey (470 respondents in China) and SEMEnvironmental concern, green PU, PEOU, and BIEnvironmental concern, green PU, and PEOU positively affect BI; EC has an indirect effect on BI through mediators of green PU and PEOU

[15]Trust and TAMAutonomous vehiclesOnline survey (369 German participants) and SEMTrust, concern of giving up control, PU, PEOU, driving enjoyment, personal innovativeness, and the adoption intention of AVsTrust in the technology/concern about handing over control to a machine, PU, and personal innovativeness positively affects adoption intention, while driving enjoyment is a barrier to AVs adoption

[34]Self-driving vehiclesSurvey (1355 participants in Tianjin and Xi’an, China) and PLS-SEMDemographic (familiarity, age, gender, education, and income) and psychological factors (PB, PR, perceived dread, and trust in SDVs)Younger and highly educated participants with higher-income were willing to pay more; participants who had heard about SDVs reported higher WTP and higher trust and perceived higher benefits, lower risks, and lower dread; trust and PB were positive predictors of WTP, while PR and perceived dread were negative

[16]IDT and agent-based simulation modelingConnected autonomous vehiclesSurvey (327 employees of the University of Memphis) and simulation modelingPrice reduction, mass communication (marketing), and peer-to-peer communication (word-of-mouth)The automobile fleet will be nearly homogenous in about 2050 only if prices decrease at significant rates (15% or 20% annually); a 6-month preintroduction marketing campaign has no impact on adoption trend; CAV market share significantly alter caused by peer-to-peer communication

[7]UTAUTAutonomous carOnline survey (241 respondents in France) and SEM and multigroup analysisPE, EE, SI, consumer innovativeness, and purchase intentionPE, EE, and SI positively affect purchase intentions; consumer innovativeness moderates the relationships between the constructs

[13]TAMAutonomous drivingWeb-based survey (483 respondents in Greece) and multiple regressionPU, PEOU, perceived trust, SI, and BI to have AVsPU, PEOU, perceived trust, and SI positively affect BI

[29]UTAUTAutomated road transport systemsSurvey (315 participants in Greece) and hierarchical multiple regressionPE, EE, SI, FC, hedonic motivation, and BIPE, SI, FC, and hedonic motivation positively affect BI

[28]UTAUTAutomated road transport systemsSurvey (349 respondents from France and Switzerland) and hierarchical multiple regressionPE, EE, SI, and BIPE, EE, and SI positively affect BI

[33]Innovation resistance modelIn-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systemsOnline survey (1070 samples in Korea) and PLS-SEMTechnographics, SN, prior similar experience, PU, perceived complexity, PR, resistance, and intention to use IVI systemsPU negatively affects resistance, while perceived complexity and PR positively affect resistance (which negatively affects intention to use)

[27]UTAUTSelf-driving vehiclesOnline survey (556 residents of Austin, Texas) and an ordinal regression modelPE, EE, SI, perceived safety, anxiety, attitudes about technology, desire for control, technology use, technology acceptance, and intent to useIntent to use self-driving vehicles are the ones who have any physical conditions that prohibit them from driving, think it would decrease accident risk, use smartphones and transportation apps, are not concerned with data privacy, think it would be fun, think it would be easy to become skilful, and believe that people whose opinions they valued would like using it

[32]TAM and trust theoryAutonomous vehicleOnline survey (552 drivers) and PLS-SEMSystem transparency, technical competence, situation management, trust, PU, PEOU, PR, external locus of control, sensation seeking, and BISystem transparency, technical competence, and situation management positively affect trust; PU, PEOU, trust, and external locus of control positively affect intention to use autonomous vehicles; PR and sensation have no impact on BI

Note: perceived usefulness, PU; perceived ease of use, PEOU; perceived benefit, PB; perceived risks, PR; performance expectancy, PE; effort expectancy, EE; social influence, SI; facilitating conditions, FC; behavioral intention, BI.