Adoption of Use-Oriented Product-Service Systems for Electronic Devices in Austria: Exploring Key Acceptance Factors

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Demographic characteristics of the survey participantsTabelle 1_ Demografische Merkmale der Teilnehmenden an der Umfrage

Demographic variable		N = 204
Gender	Female	130
	Male	68
	Others	6
Age (years)	<18	2
	18–25	126
	26–35	24
	36–50	17
	>50	35
City population (inhabitants)	<1000	15
	1000–10,000	43
	10,000–50,000	17
	50,000–100,000	5
	100,000–1 million	15
	>1 million	109
Educational level	Statutory education	7
	Vocational training	33
	A-levels	109
	University degree	55

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D1. Factors of acceptance	Scale item
Flexibility (adapted from D’Agostin et al., 2020)	Possibility of testing a product before purchasing
Peer influence (adapted from D’Agostin et al., 2020)	Social prestige for using new and green technology
Environmental awareness (adapted from D’Agostin et al., 2020)	Less solid waste generation and greenhouse gas emissions and familiarity with sustainability as a lifestyle
Compatibility (adapted from D’Agostin et al., 2020)	Compatibility and consistency with values and beliefs, experiences, and needs of potential users
Economic value (adapted from Sattari et al., 2020)	Renting the product is cheaper than buying it
Information (adapted from D’Agostin et al., 2020)	Perceived need for a lifestyle change into a more sustainable option

Correlation between factors of acceptance and willingness to adopt u-PSSTabelle 2_ Korrelation zwischen Akzeptanzfaktoren und der Bereitschaft zur Einführung von u-PSS

Factor	Adopting u-PSS
	Mean	correlation coefficient	p-value
Flexibility	3.40	0.20	0.01*
Peer influence	2.86	0.19	0.01*
Environmental awareness	3.88	0.39	0.01*
Compatibility	3.72	0.32	0.01*
Economic value	3.22	0.23	0.01*
Information	3.63	0.42	0.01*

Hypothesis testing: multiple regression analysisTabelle 3_ Hypothesenprüfung: Multiple Regressionsanalyse

	Adopting u-PSS
	Model 1	Model 2
Control variables
Age	0.00	0.00
Gender	0.07	0.22*
Education	0.04	0.01
Hypotheses
H1 – Flexibility		0.05
H2 – Peer influence		0.00
H3 – Environmental awareness		0.13*
H4 – Compatibility		0.07
H5 – Economic value		0.06
H6 – Information		0.16*
F-statistic	0.41	6.00*
Multiple R2	0.01	0.23
Adjusted R2	−0.01	0.19