Study goals
The goal of this paper is, through a literature review, to share new findings on the adoption, utilization, and impacts of e-scooter mobility services. The present study wants to present an alternative, based on the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior, to answer the following research question:
RQ1: What are the determinants that justify the quick adoption of dockless shared electric scooters?
Relevance / originality
Very little to none efforts have been dedicated to exploring the use of e-scooter-sharing services (Aguilera-García, Gomez, & Sobrino, 2020). Some non-academic reports (Forbes, McKinsey) were found describing the state of implementation of e-scooter systems worldwide (Ajao, 2019; Heineke, Kloss, Scurtu & Weig, 2019). No studies made use of DTPB & IDT to understand the drivers for the adoption of e-scooters in urban settings.
Methodology / approach
A systematic literature review will access the state of the art in dockless shared e-scooter research. The DTPB and IDT will support our research to understand the determinant factors that justify the quick adoption of dockless shared e-scooter in urban settings.
Main results
The systematic literature review showed 11 articles that will support our research. No article has used the DTPC or IDT to access user acceptance to justify the quick adoption of e-scooter in urban settings.
Theoretical / methodological contributions
The DTPB and the IDT have been critical theories in the study of technology diffusion in the past decades. Our research intent is to integrate these theories in the study of shared micro-mobility using e-scooters to understand the drivers of user acceptance.
Social / management contributions
Currently, urban transport planning and policy formulation is a challenging task, considering the current speed of change and the evolution of technology. The purpose of this article is, through a literature review, to share new findings on the adoption, use and impacts of mobility services for shared electric scooters. The present study wishes to present an alternative, based on the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior, to understand the motivating factors for the rapid adoption of shared electric scooters in urban environments, contributing to governments, regulators, industry and system operators.