IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM) e-ISSN: 2278-487X, p-ISSN: 2319-7668. Volume 20, Issue 4. Ver. I (April. 2018), PP 60-69 www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/487X-2004016069 www.iosrjournals.org 60 | Page User adoption of Smart Homes Technology in Malaysia: Integration TAM 3,TPB, UTAUT 2 and extension of their constructs for a better prediction * Maruf Gbadebo Salimon a , Abdullahi Hassan Gorondutse b , HaimHilmanAbdullah c abc School of Business Management, Universiti Utara Malaysia corresponding auther: Maruf Gbadebo Salimon Abstract: Smart homes technology has been presented as a key means by which households can optimize their use of energy-consuming appliances. This study therefore aims to propose a research framework that integrates the technology acceptance model (TAM), theory of planned behaviour (TPB), UTAUT 2 and other constructs to enrich literature and capture some perceptions of individual users of smart homes technology. Individually, the frameworks of TAM 3and TPB are insightful to comprehending the adoption of smart home technology but a bit parochial in their constructs and so, can rarely provide deep explanation about what motivates individual to adopt technology. This paper reviewed, synthesized and extended the constructs of these models in an integrated framework. The proposed integrated framework led to 14 propositions to promote and facilitate future research, and to guide explanation and prediction of SHT adoption. The introduced constructs in the integrated framework (e.g. automation, mobility, perceived security and hedonic motivation) inculcates technical systems and improve the theoretical base of adoption. Keywords: Adoption, Hedonic Motivation, Smart Homes,TPB, Perceived Security --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 22-03-2018 Date of acceptance: 07-04-2018 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction Smart Home Technology (SHT) has started to attract the attention of users especially in developed and European world with the advent of internet and global policy initiatives of government that are mandating or encouraging energy efficiency and climate change. The SHT allows residence of users to be equipped with a series of gadgets, domestic appliances, linking sensors, and other devices, which can be controlled, accessed or monitored remotely (Baltaozkan et al., 2014) thereby providing required services that can meet the needs of its users (Chan et al., 2008).Smart home service users can easily access the system, control smart appliances such as air conditioners, heaters, washing machines etc.and ensure the safety of home and family (Yang and Lee, 2017, ITU, 2010). Against the „‟traditional home‟‟ appliances which are often operated manually through switch-button, and with very limited controls that also pose some level of difficulty for the users , the SHT provides convenience, comfort, security, and quality home environment (Balta-Ozkan et al., 2013).It is a new avenue through which the critical role of energy, itsgrowing relationship between consumers and their energy utilities, can be ascertained (van Hoof and Kort, 2009; Wong et al., 2005) and createsflexible opportunities for consumers to interact with technology while a bigger market is exploding for the manufacturers of SHT and marketers alike. In view of its growing benefits, it has been forecasted that its market will have multiplied threefold by the year 2020 (M2M, 2013; Marketsandmarkets, 2011) while recently, Marketsandmarkets, (2015) further predicted that thismarket will grow exponentially between 2015 and 2020 reaching a value of US$58.68 billion at 17% annual growth. This trend of growth has been noticed as organizations such as Amazon, Samsung Electronics and Google, have started to commercialize smart home services and products since the beginning of 2014 thereby taking the advantage of this enormous emerging market (Yang and Lee, 2017). Despite the positive benefits of SHT, and its emerging market opportunities, evidence has shown that its rate of adoption among individual users is generally low,especially in developingcountries of Asia such as Malaysia, Singapore, China, South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia (Leeraphong et al., 2015; Yang and Lee, 2017). Even though it has been projected that the revenue growth in these Asian countries will be stable over the coming years, it is obvious that the SHT is not widely accepted when compared with European nations and America. For instance, while it is projected that SHT revenue will reach $9.23 billion by 2020 in Asian countries, market share and revenue growth in America and European nations will be$22.4 billion and $13.81 billion, respectively (RnRMarketResearch.com, 2014). Specifically, the rate of adoption among individual users