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

dc.contributor.authorMuranganwa, Isaac
dc.contributor.authorNaidoo, Rennie
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-15T10:25:39Z
dc.date.available2024-02-15T10:25:39Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-25
dc.description.abstractGreen 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.abstractAanneming 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.departmentInformaticsen_US
dc.description.librarianam2024en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructureen_US
dc.description.urihttp://sajie.journals.ac.za/puben_US
dc.identifier.citationMurangwana, 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.issn1012-277X (print)
dc.identifier.issn2224-7890 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.7166/34-2-2881
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/94648
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSouthern African Institute for Industrial Engineeringen_US
dc.rights© Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.en_US
dc.subjectInformation technology (IT)en_US
dc.subjectInformation systemsen_US
dc.subjectBusiness sustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectCorporate social responsibilityen_US
dc.subjectInligtingstegnologie (IT)en_US
dc.subjectInligtingstelselsen_US
dc.subjectBesigheidsvolhoubaarheiden_US
dc.subjectKorporatiewe sosiale verantwoordelikheiden_US
dc.subjectGreen information technologyen_US
dc.subjectGroen inligtingstegnologieen_US
dc.subjectSDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructureen_US
dc.titleAssessing organisations' readiness to adopt green information technology : the case of a South African information technology services vendoren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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