Green IT attitude and behaviour in higher education institution: a gender perspective

As a response to the growing concerns of the global warming and climate change, more and more organizations adopted environmental initiatives as part of their organizational ethos. Many higher education institutions (HEIs), particularly, have implemented various on campus environmental initiatives t...

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Main Authors:	Kartiwi, Mira, Gunawan, Teddy Surya, Hasan, Helen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Asian Network for Scientific Information 2014
Subjects:	T58.5 Information technology T58.6 Management information systems
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/40207/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40207/1/journals.pdf

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spelling	iium-402072014-12-27T07:33:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40207/ Green IT attitude and behaviour in higher education institution: a gender perspective Kartiwi, Mira Gunawan, Teddy Surya Hasan, Helen T58.5 Information technology T58.6 Management information systems As a response to the growing concerns of the global warming and climate change, more and more organizations adopted environmental initiatives as part of their organizational ethos. Many higher education institutions (HEIs), particularly, have implemented various on campus environmental initiatives through policy as well as teaching and learning activities. Despite the growing awareness of global environmental issues in education sector, little is known on how effective such initiatives in shaping the perception and behaviour of the students. Previous research also highlighted the differences on technology use and perspective between genders. Given the limited study in this domain, therefore, it is the aim of this paper to evaluate the influence of gender on students’ green attitudes and behaviour. The result of this study shows the needs to inculcate basic computer technical knowledge and skills so as to minimize the ‘technical knowledge gap’. This is an imperative step to close, or at least to narrow, the gender discrepancy in regards to attitude and behaviour towards green IT initiatives. Asian Network for Scientific Information 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40207/1/journals.pdf Kartiwi, Mira and Gunawan, Teddy Surya and Hasan, Helen (2014) Green IT attitude and behaviour in higher education institution: a gender perspective. Journal of Applied Sciences, 14 (7). pp. 714-718. ISSN 1812-5662 (O), 1812-5654 (P)
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spellingShingle	T58.5 Information technology T58.6 Management information systems Kartiwi, Mira Gunawan, Teddy Surya Hasan, Helen Green IT attitude and behaviour in higher education institution: a gender perspective
description	As a response to the growing concerns of the global warming and climate change, more and more organizations adopted environmental initiatives as part of their organizational ethos. Many higher education institutions (HEIs), particularly, have implemented various on campus environmental initiatives through policy as well as teaching and learning activities. Despite the growing awareness of global environmental issues in education sector, little is known on how effective such initiatives in shaping the perception and behaviour of the students. Previous research also highlighted the differences on technology use and perspective between genders. Given the limited study in this domain, therefore, it is the aim of this paper to evaluate the influence of gender on students’ green attitudes and behaviour. The result of this study shows the needs to inculcate basic computer technical knowledge and skills so as to minimize the ‘technical knowledge gap’. This is an imperative step to close, or at least to narrow, the gender discrepancy in regards to attitude and behaviour towards green IT initiatives.
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author	Kartiwi, Mira Gunawan, Teddy Surya Hasan, Helen
author_facet	Kartiwi, Mira Gunawan, Teddy Surya Hasan, Helen
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title	Green IT attitude and behaviour in higher education institution: a gender perspective
title_short	Green IT attitude and behaviour in higher education institution: a gender perspective
title_full	Green IT attitude and behaviour in higher education institution: a gender perspective
title_fullStr	Green IT attitude and behaviour in higher education institution: a gender perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Green IT attitude and behaviour in higher education institution: a gender perspective
title_sort	green it attitude and behaviour in higher education institution: a gender perspective
publisher	Asian Network for Scientific Information
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/40207/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40207/1/journals.pdf
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Green IT attitude and behaviour in higher education institution: a gender perspective

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