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Understanding the adoption of Alternative Fuel Vehicle fleets using an integrated framework : A review and research outline
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Mohammed, Layla Ismail |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Background: The transportation sector has been identified as the primary cause of air pollution in European cities. Thus, to reduce carbon emissions and our reliance on fossil fuels, alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) have been suggested as an innovative technology to help decarbonise the transportation sector. Despite governmental efforts through financial incentives, we still witness a slow growth of the adoption of AFVs worldwide. AFV fleets are suggested as ideal early adopters. However, the most significant barrier to acceptance of AFVs within fleets is how they are perceived by firms (Globisch et al. 2018b). Subsequently, to tackle this problem and promote AFV adoption within fleets, it is vital to understand the adoption factors that hinder or enable adoption of AFV within fleets. The literature on the adoption factors of AFV by firms is scattered (Nesbitt and Sperling, 2001). Hence, it is difficult for future researchers to identify the ?gaps' within the literature to make significant contributions. Therefore, a review paper is required to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the adoption factors of AFVs by firms and shed light on the potential current ?gaps' to discuss future research opportunities. Purpose: To build and utilise a comprehensive theoretical model that is able analyse sustainable technology adoption at a firm level. We combine the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) (Venkatesh, 2003), technology, organisation and environment (TOE) model (Tornatzky and Fleischer 1990) (TOE), Dwivedi et al. (2017) model, and Choi et al. (2011) and Kupers and Weibler (2008) theories of organisational emotions. We integrate these models to form our firm adoption of sustainable technologies (FAST) model. We utilise our model to provide a theoretical overview of the AFV fleet adoption literature and to be able to provide suggestions for future research. Design/methodology/approach: To assess the literature of adoption of AFV fleets, this paper utilised the ?snowballing' method. This method aims to synthesize the research within a particular field to provide a focused understanding of the literature. Preliminary findings: After reviewing the existing literature, we find the following: 1. There exist further research avenues on policy. Policy has been acknowledged within the adoption literature as an important factor that can enable or hinder the adoption of innovative technologies particularly, within the environmental arena (Kerr & Newell, 2001; Woerter et al., 2017). Within the AFV literature, there is currently limited focus on the impact of policy. Therefore, it argued that, further understanding of policy may consolidate findings and advance our understanding within this field. 2. Emotions are overlooked within the AFVs fleet adoption literature. Kaplan et al. (2016;18) notes that ECV researchers have not yet linked policy with emotions. Yet, within the psychology literature there is evidence to suggest that there exists a bi-directional relationship between policy and emotions (Nabi, 2003 and Rodriguez-Sanchez et al. 2018). Thus, it is believed that further understanding of emotions as an influential factor of ECV adoption is required. This paper views these constructs holistically and attempts to build upon technology adoption theories. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://conference.druid.dk/acc_papers/cg4cz9txiazk8wite38j4plaqjwy1o.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
