Understanding customer attitudes and behaviors towards drone food delivery services: An investigation of customer motivations and challenges

Abstract

ABSTRACT Drones in food delivery (DFD) have been getting significant attention in recent years owing to their ability to deliver food quickly without being affected by traffic, enhancing business practices. Therefore, this study attempts to understand consumer desires and intentions to adopt DFD in the shed of behavioral reasoning theory. The proposed framework was examined using data from 394 DFD users via an online survey. The findings established that perceived environmental effectiveness impacts reasons for, reasons against, and desire. The reason for adoption positively influences desire and intention. In contrast, reasons against adoption negatively affect intention. Furthermore, we found that personal innovativeness in technology moderates the association between the reason for and intention. The tradition barrier also moderates the association between reason against and desire for DFD. Consequently, DFD platforms should resolve consumers’ concerns and conduct awareness programs to promote the potential benefits of drone deliveries to attract consumers.