Environmental awareness and leadership commitment as determinants of IT professionals engagement in Green IT practices for environmental performance

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Ojo, Adedapo Oluwaseyi and Fauzi, Muhammad Ashraf (2020) Environmental awareness and leadership commitment as determinants of IT professionals engagement in Green IT practices for environmental performance. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 24. pp. 298-307. ISSN 2352-5509

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Abstract

Green IT (GIT) has become essential in ensuring the sustainable consumption and production of IT equipment for positive environmental outcomes. Nevertheless, existing studies on GIT practices have focused on the organizational level, with limited emphasis on the engagement of the IT professionals in sustainable environmental performance. Thus, the present study draws on the belief action and outcome (BAO) framework to investigate the factors of IT professionals' GIT beliefs and attitudes toward adopting GIT practices for environmental performance. The hypothesized model was tested with data collected from 333 IT professionals in Malaysia. The results of path analysis supported the significant impacts of environmental awareness and leadership commitment in shaping IT professionals' GIT beliefs and attitudes. Also, their attitude was a significant mediator between beliefs and engagement in GIT practices, and both GIT attitudes and practices were significantly related to environmental IT performance. This study offers empirical support for the role of IT professionals in enhancing environmental performance through engagement in sustainable IT practices.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Belief action outcome, Environmental performance, Green IT practices, IT professional, Sustainable IT
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions > HC79 Special Topics. Including air pollution, automation, consumer demand, famines, flow of funds, etc.
Divisions: Faculty of Management (FOM)
Depositing User: Ms Rosnani Abd Wahab
Date Deposited: 25 Dec 2020 06:46
Last Modified: 25 Dec 2020 06:46
URII: http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/7896

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