TY - JOUR
T1 - Robot acceptance model for care (RAM-care)
T2 - A principled approach to the intention to use care robots
AU - Turja, Tuuli
AU - Aaltonen, Iina
AU - Taipale, Sakari
AU - Oksanen, Atte
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is part of the project Robots and the Future of Welfare Services (2015–2020), which is funded by the Academy of Finland’s Strategic Research Council (grant numbers 292980 and 314180 ). Dr. Taipale’s contribution to the study was supported by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland (projects 327145 and 327149) and the Academy of Finland’s Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care (project 312367).
Funding Information:
This research is part of the project Robots and the Future of Welfare Services (2015?2020), which is funded by the Academy of Finland's Strategic Research Council (grant numbers 292980 and 314180). Dr. Taipale's contribution to the study was supported by the Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland (projects 327145 and 327149) and the Academy of Finland's Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care (project 312367).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Robots are emerging in welfare services, and organizations require information on whether novel technologies are approved among staff. On the basis of technology acceptance theories, this study proposes a model that adds a principled approach to the intention to use care robots. Data of 544 professionals with care robot experience were collected. The use intention was predicted by usefulness, enjoyment, social influence, and attitude. Respondents who found robots useful and accepted by their colleagues were more likely to view robot use as consistent with their personal values. The care robot acceptance model supports consideration of the profession-specific context in robotization.
AB - Robots are emerging in welfare services, and organizations require information on whether novel technologies are approved among staff. On the basis of technology acceptance theories, this study proposes a model that adds a principled approach to the intention to use care robots. Data of 544 professionals with care robot experience were collected. The use intention was predicted by usefulness, enjoyment, social influence, and attitude. Respondents who found robots useful and accepted by their colleagues were more likely to view robot use as consistent with their personal values. The care robot acceptance model supports consideration of the profession-specific context in robotization.
KW - healthcare
KW - robot acceptance model
KW - robotization
KW - social robotics
KW - technological change
KW - therapy robots
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088473763&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.im.2019.103220
DO - 10.1016/j.im.2019.103220
M3 - Article
VL - 57
JO - Information & Management
JF - Information & Management
SN - 0378-7206
IS - 5
M1 - 103220
ER -