Abstract
Increasing amounts of electronic waste(e-wastes) which is
generated by Small enterprises (SEs) in Thi-Qar provenance posen
egative effects on the environment through improper recycling and
disposal techniques. Consequently, the pressures on these
enterprises have been escalating. Therefore, this research studies
how institutional pressures affect the adoption of environmental
disposal of E-waste across them. A research model has been
developed to link three components: coercive pressure, normative
influence, and mimicry, then exam their effect on adopting
environmental disposal of E-waste. The model was validated using
data collected from a field survey of (101) managers of small
enterprises in Thi-Qar province. A questionnaire was developed to
collect data. It contains five major variables, exemplifying by
twenty-one items. Also, five dimensions‟ scalar is used for the
purpose of measuring, subjected to reliability and validity tests. The
partial least square(PLS) method was employed to analyze the
survey answers. The results show that normative, mimetic and
coercive pressures significantly drive environmental disposal of ewaste
adoption respectively.The analysis that normative pressure is
the most influential in the attitude towered adoption environmental
disposal of e-waste, while the coercive pressures have had the most
significant effect on the continuance of usage of the-waste practice.
This research contributes to existing knowledge in the field of IT,
regarding the decision maker's intention for the adoption and
continued use of e-waste through the development of a theoretical
framework that identifies the key factors for the adoption
environmental disposal of electronic waste.
generated by Small enterprises (SEs) in Thi-Qar provenance posen
egative effects on the environment through improper recycling and
disposal techniques. Consequently, the pressures on these
enterprises have been escalating. Therefore, this research studies
how institutional pressures affect the adoption of environmental
disposal of E-waste across them. A research model has been
developed to link three components: coercive pressure, normative
influence, and mimicry, then exam their effect on adopting
environmental disposal of E-waste. The model was validated using
data collected from a field survey of (101) managers of small
enterprises in Thi-Qar province. A questionnaire was developed to
collect data. It contains five major variables, exemplifying by
twenty-one items. Also, five dimensions‟ scalar is used for the
purpose of measuring, subjected to reliability and validity tests. The
partial least square(PLS) method was employed to analyze the
survey answers. The results show that normative, mimetic and
coercive pressures significantly drive environmental disposal of ewaste
adoption respectively.The analysis that normative pressure is
the most influential in the attitude towered adoption environmental
disposal of e-waste, while the coercive pressures have had the most
significant effect on the continuance of usage of the-waste practice.
This research contributes to existing knowledge in the field of IT,
regarding the decision maker's intention for the adoption and
continued use of e-waste through the development of a theoretical
framework that identifies the key factors for the adoption
environmental disposal of electronic waste.