# Factors Influencing Intention of Greek Consumers to Use Smart Home Technology
## 2 Previous Studies and Hypotheses
It is possible that the maintenance costs and low energy savings discourage users from adopting smart technology systems [21]. Many scholars in the past have defined perceived cost as the sum of a consumer's doubts about the cost of purchasing, maintaining, and operating an intelligent system [21]. Therefore, the following hypothesis is introduced:  
**Hypothesis 2 (H2). **_Perceived cost is positively related to intention to use smart homes._  
Perceived ease of use is the degree to which the user believes that the new technology is manageable and easy to use [22]. This variable can be defined as the perceived effort of consumers when using smart technology in their home environment. This variable can also be influenced by another factor such as social influence (SI). Social influence is the extent to which the consumer is influenced by his/her social environment in adopting a new technology [22]. In short, society will stimulate the consumer who is not aware of smart technology through friends, experts, social media, newspapers, and television. Therefore, the following hypotheses are introduced. **Hypothesis 3 (H3). **_Perceived ease of use is positively related to intention to use smart homes._  
**Hypothesis 4 (H4). **_Social influence is positively related to intention to use smart homes._  
One last factor that affects intention of consumers to adopt smart technology is compatibility. Consumers want to know if the smart device that they are going to buy can efficiently interact and communicate with other devices in the same environment. Thus, the compatibility directly affects the variables mentioned above, the perceived usefulness and the perceived ease of use. According to a recent study [23], compatibility was very important for people with a high level of education and especially for females. In addition, a user's perceptions regarding the compatibility, connectivity, and reliability of the smart home technology as well as the installation's complexity may lead the user to avoid the adoption of smart home technology [24]. Therefore, the hypothesis is developed as follows:  
**Hypothesis 5 (H5). **_Perceived compatibility is positively related to intention to use smart homes._  
The last category of factors that influence the consumer's intention to use smart home technology is the variables that have to do with human personality. Such variables are trust and perceived enjoyment. Consumer trust (the degree to which the consumer trusts a new technology and its operation) plays an important role in trying to overcome any doubts and uncertainties about the adoption of smart technology. Thus, in the general context of smart technology, trust in smart homes is positively related to consumer behavior in terms of their intended use. Therefore, the following hypothesis is introduced:  
**Hypothesis 6 (H6). **_Trust is positively related to intention to use smart homes._  
Perceived enjoyment in the context of smart home technology has to do with the belief that the use of smart technology is enjoyable in itself, regardless of any performance implications that may arise. In the present work, perceived enjoyment is defined as the extent to which the use of smart home technology is fun and enjoyable [20]. Perceived enjoyment has been considered as a factor influencing the adoption of smart home technology [20]. In the same context, perceived enjoyment is related to perceived ease of use, due to the factthat an easy-to-use and operating technology will only bring a positive feeling to the user and boost his/her self-confidence. Therefore, the hypothesis is:  
**Hypothesis 7 (H7). **_Perceived enjoyment is positively related to intention to use smart homes._  
The purpose of this study is to investigate the degree of intention to use smart home technology services by Greek consumers, to record the benefits and disadvantages of using smart home technology services and to investigate which of these factors affect the acceptance of smart home technology in Greece.