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Abstract
Introduction
Academic conferences are carbon-intensive. Conference travel by air contributes to huge amount of global greenhouse gas emissions, which can be reduced by adopting green information systems (green IS or GIS). This study aims to investigate attendees’ behaviors for adopting green IS (such as conference apps) from an ecological perspective.
Methods
For this research, a survey method was used. Survey instrument had 29 items adapted from existing scales. Data was collected using Mturk’s panel of respondents on online Qualtrics. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted on 403 responses for data analysis and validation of the results using SPSS AMOS ver. 24.
Findings
This study provides empirical evidence to add ecological beliefs as a key predictor of green IS adoption models. Findings demonstrate that attitudes and ecological beliefs play an essential role in conference app adoption, in comparison with performance expectations, social impacts, and facilitation conditions, as presented in the traditional technology acceptance literature. Findings assist conference owners develop essential communication strategies for green attendees.
Ethical Statement
The present research was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the research program committee of Clarion University (IRB Proposal No. 37-19-20 from Clarion University).
Informed Consent Statement
Informed consent has been obtained from all subjects involved in this study to publish this paper.
Acknowledgment
This paper was uploaded to the Iowa State University repository as a thesis in 2019 (March 26). https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/entities/publication/b6c1bb03-da33-40eb-a9ec-2b98fe148ea6.
Disclosure
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.