IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN IT IN ORGANIZATIONS: A STRUCTURATIONAL VIEW
Environmental sustainability has become increasingly important to businesses as a response to the rapid depletion of natural resources. Information Technology (IT) in particular represents a meaningful part of the environmental issues that society has been facing. Therefore, Green IT emerges as a wa...
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| author | Décio Bittencourt Dolci Guilherme Lerch Lunardi Ana Carolina Salles Ana Paula Ferreira Alves |
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| description | Environmental sustainability has become increasingly important to businesses as a response to the rapid depletion of natural resources. Information Technology (IT) in particular represents a meaningful part of the environmental issues that society has been facing. Therefore, Green IT emerges as a way of combining available resources and sustainable and economic policies, thus, generating benefits for both the environment and businesses. The purpose of this paper, hence, is to explain the dynamics of Green IT implementation in organizations in light of the structurationist view of technology. We conducted a case study research based on the cases of three Brazilian companies interested in this movement. Results provide a better understanding of the relationship among technology, individuals, and organization institutional properties, thus enhancing the role played by IT teams in institutionalizing the environmental dimension of sustainability in organizations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-544a790fefeb4b0297a74074bde32ef32023-09-02T23:44:50ZengFundação Getulio Vargas, Escola de Administração de Empresas de São PauloRAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas0034-75902178-938X2015-08-01555486497IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN IT IN ORGANIZATIONS: A STRUCTURATIONAL VIEWDécio Bittencourt Dolci 0Guilherme Lerch Lunardi1Ana Carolina Salles2Ana Paula Ferreira Alves3Professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Ciências Econômicas, Administrativas e Contábeis – Rio Grande – RS, BrazilProfessor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Ciências Econômicas, Administrativas e Contábeis – Rio Grande – RS, BrazilMaster’s candidate in Business Administration from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração – Porto Alegre – RS, BrazilPh.D. Candidate in Business Administration from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração – Porto Alegre – RS, BrazilEnvironmental sustainability has become increasingly important to businesses as a response to the rapid depletion of natural resources. Information Technology (IT) in particular represents a meaningful part of the environmental issues that society has been facing. Therefore, Green IT emerges as a way of combining available resources and sustainable and economic policies, thus, generating benefits for both the environment and businesses. The purpose of this paper, hence, is to explain the dynamics of Green IT implementation in organizations in light of the structurationist view of technology. We conducted a case study research based on the cases of three Brazilian companies interested in this movement. Results provide a better understanding of the relationship among technology, individuals, and organization institutional properties, thus enhancing the role played by IT teams in institutionalizing the environmental dimension of sustainability in organizations.http://rae.fgv.br/sites/rae.fgv.br/files/implementation_of_green_it_in_organizations_a_structurational_view_0.pdfGreen ITstructurational viewimplementationpracticesIT team |
| spellingShingle | Décio Bittencourt Dolci Guilherme Lerch Lunardi Ana Carolina Salles Ana Paula Ferreira Alves IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN IT IN ORGANIZATIONS: A STRUCTURATIONAL VIEW RAE: Revista de Administração de Empresas Green IT structurational view implementation practices IT team |
| title | IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN IT IN ORGANIZATIONS: A STRUCTURATIONAL VIEW |
| title_full | IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN IT IN ORGANIZATIONS: A STRUCTURATIONAL VIEW |
| title_fullStr | IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN IT IN ORGANIZATIONS: A STRUCTURATIONAL VIEW |
| title_full_unstemmed | IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN IT IN ORGANIZATIONS: A STRUCTURATIONAL VIEW |
| title_short | IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN IT IN ORGANIZATIONS: A STRUCTURATIONAL VIEW |
| title_sort | implementation of green it in organizations a structurational view |
| topic | Green IT structurational view implementation practices IT team |
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