Accepting Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology for transportation : Case study Thailand post company limited

Abstract

           This quantitative research aims to study 1. factors of adoption of drone technologyand 2. relationship between personal factors and acceptance of drone technology factors of Thailand Post Co., Limited personnel. The population is 100 employees involving in the company pilot project using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technology for transporting medical supply during the COVID-19 pandemic.Purposive sampling is employed with those 80 employees. Questionnaires are used as a tool to collect data. The data areanalyzed byusing descriptive statistics such as percentage, mean, standard deviation and inferential statistic: Chi-square with a 95 percent confidence interval.

           The findings showed that 1. Social Influence was considered as the most important factor for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technologyacceptance of Thailand Post employees and 2.there were only two personal factors,working experiencesand departments, having relationship with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle technologyacceptance at a statistically significant level of 0.05 and 0.01 respectively.