Assessing the Impact of Greening Information Technology Tools and Technologist on Organizational Systems Sustainability in Service Companies

Abstract

This research aims to assess the extent of the utilization of Green IT (MIS and AIS) tools and technologies by Jordanian service companies listed in the Amman Financial Market towards the goal of becoming sustainable. This study utilized the survey questionnaire method for collecting the data needed. Invitations to participate in this study were emailed to 135 of participants, which is consistent with the number of service companies listed in the Amman Financial Market. The number of participants was 72 which constitutes 53.3% response rate. The results of the study indicate that there is a statistically significant effect at the confidence level of 5% of green IT tools systems (MIS and AIS) on the sustainability of service companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. The study recommended that service companies should investigate and consider the potential positive impact that cloud computing has on organizational sustainability, and future research efforts should also focus on attempting to quantitatively assess the positive impact that each of the “greening” IT tools and technologies on organizational sustainability.