Psychological Factors Influencing the Managers' Intention to Adopt Green IS: A Review-Based Comprehensive Framework and Ranking the Factors

M. D. Esfahani, M. Nilashi, Azizah Abdul Rahman, A. Ghapanchi, N. Zakaria
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This paper proposes a comprehensive framework of the individual factors that influence organizational decision-makers to adopt Green information systems IS, based on a review of psychological theories and empirical studies on Green IS and technology adoption. The objectives of this paper are, firstly, to explain that the adoption of Green IS by managers is directly influenced by their intention, which is assumed to be influenced by their attitude towards Green IS, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and personal norms. In the framework, attitude towards Green IS is influenced by managers' positive and negative affect in response to Green IS. The findings of this study show that subjective norms are reflected from three sources containing primary, secondary and work referents. Perceived behavioral control includes self-efficacy, monetary cost-benefit assessment and the ethical climate of the organization. Personal norms are influenced by awareness of consequences, ascription of responsibilities and personal values including self-transcendence and self-enhancement. Secondly, the paper aims to assess the importance of the individual factors that influence the organizational decision-makers to adopt Green IS. Accordingly, the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution TOPSIS is applied to rank the importance of the factors incorporated in the proposed framework. The data for this study is collected by conducting an online survey through a structured questionnaire-based instrument comprising 5-point Likert-type scales. The findings of this study contribute to the Green IS literature by improving the decision-making process in IS adoption for the purpose of environmental sustainability enhancement. It is hoped that the proposed model would help to clarify the relative importance of the psychological and socio-demographic factors influencing the adoption of Green IS by organizational decision-makers.
影响管理者采用绿色信息系统意愿的心理因素:基于综述的综合框架及因素排序
本文在回顾绿色信息系统与技术采用的心理学理论和实证研究的基础上,提出了影响组织决策者采用绿色信息系统的个体因素的综合框架。本文的目的是,首先,解释管理者对绿色信息系统的采用直接受到其意图的影响,假设其意图受其对绿色信息系统的态度、主观规范、感知行为控制和个人规范的影响。在该框架中,管理者对绿色信息系统的积极和消极影响会影响对绿色信息系统的态度。本研究结果显示,主观规范反映在三个来源,包括初级、次级和工作指称。感知行为控制包括自我效能感、货币成本效益评估和组织的道德氛围。个人规范受到后果意识、责任归属和包括自我超越和自我提升在内的个人价值观的影响。其次,本文旨在评估影响组织决策者采用绿色信息系统的个人因素的重要性。因此,采用与理想解决方案TOPSIS相似的偏好排序技术对所建议框架中纳入的因素的重要性进行排序。本研究的数据是通过一个结构化的基于问卷的工具,包括5点李克特式量表进行在线调查收集的。本研究的结果通过改善采用信息系统的决策过程以提高环境可持续性,为绿色信息系统文献做出了贡献。希望所提出的模型将有助于澄清影响组织决策者采用绿色信息系统的心理和社会人口因素的相对重要性。
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