Product adoption · Full-text open-access quantitative survey study
Effects of managers' environmental consciousness and digital expertise on their technology adoption intentions
Journal of Cleaner Production · 2024
Summary
The study empirically links managers’ digital expertise and environmental consciousness to technology-adoption intentions; the accessible abstract does not expose the complete coefficient pattern. For a founder, use this as a question to test in your own context, not a universal playbook.
For your marketing
Possible founder application
Treat this as evidence for the specific customer behavior and adoption question studied. Compare the setting and sample to your company before changing a growth decision; use a local experiment where the paper does not match your context.
Reported result
What the study found
The study empirically links managers’ digital expertise and environmental consciousness to technology-adoption intentions; the accessible abstract does not expose the complete coefficient pattern.
Research question
What the authors investigated
How do managers’ digital expertise and environmental consciousness affect intentions to adopt Industry 4.0 technologies?
Design
Online survey integrating Diffusion of Innovations, TAM, UTAUT and decision-making literature; empirical hypothesis testing.
Sample and setting
172 managers; Industry 4.0 organizational context.
Scope and transfer
Limitations to keep in view
The accessible publisher excerpt does not state detailed limitations; sample size and online cross-sectional design require cautious generalization.
Research sources
Publisher DOI record and accessible article/abstract directly support the bibliographic record and the summary fields; editorial review remains appropriate for duplicate checking against the unseen 300-study library. Correction notices were not separately verified in this collection; consult the current publisher record before applying the findings.