Role-based Eco-info Systems: An Organizational Theoretical View of Sustainable HCI at Work

Authors

Nico Castelli, University of SiegenFollow
Niko Schönau, University of SiegenFollow
Gunnar Stevens, University of SiegenFollow
Tobias Schwartz, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FITFollow
Timo Jakobi, University of SiegenFollow

DOI

10.18151/7217284

Abstract

So far, sustainable HCI has mainly focused on the domestic context, but there is a growing body of work looking at the organizational context. As in the domestic context, these works still rest on psy-chological theories for behaviour change used for the domestic context. We supplement this view with an organizational theory-informed approach that adopts organizational roles as a key element. We will show how a role-based analysis could be applied to uncover information needs and to give em-ployee’s eco-feedback, which is linked to their tasks at hand. We illustrate the approach on a qualita-tive case study that was part of a broader, on-going action research conducted in a German produc-tion company.

Recommended Citation

Castelli, Nico; Schönau, Niko; Stevens, Gunnar; Schwartz, Tobias; and Jakobi, Timo, "Role-based Eco-info Systems: An Organizational Theoretical View of Sustainable HCI at Work" (2015). ECIS 2015 Completed Research Papers. Paper 24.
ISBN 978-3-00-050284-2
https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2015_cr/24