Antecedence of Attitude Towards IoT Usage: A Proposed Unified Model for IT Professionals and Its Validation

Abstract

There has been immense advancement of internet technology. Its latest contribution is internet of things (IoT). It has increasing influence on our daily lives. As a result, it has opened a new field of advantages for providing the citizens new services. The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive model of determinants influencing Indian users' attitudes as well as behavioral intention to use IoT. Based on a study of different literature as well as on a study of different theories of adoption, attempts have been made to develop a conceptional model along with prescription of some hypotheses. Those hypotheses subsequently have been tested by the help of different congenial tools after collecting data from 393 respondents through survey. After collection, those data have been analyzed by different relevant tools.