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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 298-307 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Sustainable Production and Consumption |
| Volume | 24 |
| Early online date | 30 Jul 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funder
This study was funded by the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme [FRGS FRGS/1/2016/SS03/MMU/03/1 ], Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia .Keywords
- Belief action outcome
- Environmental performance
- Green IT practices
- IT professional
- Sustainable IT
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering
- Environmental Chemistry
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
