Identifying Factors Affecting Smart City Adoption Using The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) Method

Abstract

Smart City concept first appeared in 1998 while in Indonesia, this concept has just been established since 2014. Yogyakarta has already had plans to build smart city concept. However, the local government has not conducted any factors identification whereas it is necessary to check the E-Readiness of Yogyakarta local government before making the smart city technology come true. The aim of this research is to identify factors which affect the readiness of local government in establishing smart city system. The Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model was used to analyze data from questionnaires given to local government staffs. The research method is built based on UTAUT model. There are 4 hypotheses created and analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS) approach. From the hypotheses, it can be seen that 2 of 4 is accepted. It can concluded that Performance Expectancy and Effort Expectancy factors affect the readiness of local government significantly.