Assessing organisations' readiness to adopt green information technology : the case of a South African information technology services vendor

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dc.contributor.author Muranganwa, Isaac
dc.contributor.author Naidoo, Rennie
dc.date.accessioned 2024-02-15T10:25:39Z
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dc.date.issued 2023-08-25
dc.description.abstract Green information technology (IT) adoption is an important topic in the fields of information systems, business sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. This case study applies the green IT adoption model (GITAM) to perform a systematic and qualitative readiness assessment at a major South African IT services vendor. Thematic data analysis was used to analyse the data collected from managers and specialist IT staff. The assessment revealed that the main organisational adoption readiness barriers were the lack of a formal green IT policy, an unclearly defined green IT governance framework, and a lack of green performance management. The main drivers of adoption were economic imperatives and regulatory and ethical requirements. Interestingly, a contextual variable – an exogenous shock caused by COVID-19 and the robustness of the organisation’s crisis response during the pandemic – rapidly increased the rate of green IT adoption at the firm. en_US
dc.description.abstract Aanneming van groen inligtingstegnologie (IT) is 'n belangrike onderwerp op die gebied van inligtingstelsels, besigheidsvolhoubaarheid en korporatiewe sosiale verantwoordelikheid. Hierdie gevallestudie pas die groen IT-aannemingsmodel (GITAM) toe om 'n sistematiese en kwalitatiewe gereedheidsbeoordeling by 'n groot Suid-Afrikaanse IT-diensverskafferorganisasie uit te voer. Tematiese data-analise is gebruik om die data wat van bestuurders en spesialis IT-personeel ingesamel is, te ontleed. Die assessering het aan die lig gebring dat die vernaamste hindernisse vir organisatoriese aanvaardingsgereedheid die gebrek aan 'n formele groen IT-beleid, 'n onduidelik gedefinieerde groen IT-bestuursraamwerk en 'n gebrek aan groen prestasiebestuur was. Die belangrikste dryfvere van aanneming was ekonomiese imperatiewe en regulatoriese en etiese vereistes. Interessant genoeg het 'n kontekstuele veranderlike - 'n eksogene skok veroorsaak deur COVID-19 en die robuustheid van die organisasie se krisisreaksie tydens die pandemie - die tempo van groen IT-aanneming by die firma vinnig laat toeneem. en_US
dc.description.department Informatics en_US
dc.description.librarian am2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure en_US
dc.description.uri http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub en_US
dc.identifier.citation Murangwana, I. & Naidoo, R. 2023, 'Assessing organisations' readiness to adopt green information technology : the case of a South African information technology services vendor', South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 79-91. http://dx.DOI.org//10.7166/34-2-2881. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1012-277X (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2224-7890 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.7166/34-2-2881
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/94648
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering en_US
dc.rights © Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. en_US
dc.subject Information technology (IT) en_US
dc.subject Information systems en_US
dc.subject Business sustainability en_US
dc.subject Corporate social responsibility en_US
dc.subject Inligtingstegnologie (IT) en_US
dc.subject Inligtingstelsels en_US
dc.subject Besigheidsvolhoubaarheid en_US
dc.subject Korporatiewe sosiale verantwoordelikheid en_US
dc.subject Green information technology en_US
dc.subject Groen inligtingstegnologie en_US
dc.subject SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure en_US
dc.title Assessing organisations' readiness to adopt green information technology : the case of a South African information technology services vendor en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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