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Paper Number
1937
Paper Type
Completed
Description
Climate change and the fast-changing natural environment necessitate firms to adapt their way of doing business towards environmental sustainability. As information systems (IS) are seen as a potential lever to facilitate this adaption successfully, this study focuses on the role of IS-related human capital of top management team (TMT) members in facilitating green IS innovation activities in firms. Using a panel data set of firms listed in the S&P 500 index, this study finds that IS-related education and experience of TMT members are positively associated with green IS innovation activities. In addition, the results show that the presence of a CIO positively moderates the positive association of IS-related experience with green IS innovation activities. Consequently, this study contributes to the IS literature on the intersection of human capital theory from an upper echelon perspective and environmental sustainability.
Recommended Citation
Strehlow, Manfred and Schulz, Colin, "The effect of IS-related human capital and CIOs in top management teams on green IS innovation activities" (2023). ICIS 2023 Proceedings. 8.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2023/itadopt/itadopt/8
The effect of IS-related human capital and CIOs in top management teams on green IS innovation activities
Climate change and the fast-changing natural environment necessitate firms to adapt their way of doing business towards environmental sustainability. As information systems (IS) are seen as a potential lever to facilitate this adaption successfully, this study focuses on the role of IS-related human capital of top management team (TMT) members in facilitating green IS innovation activities in firms. Using a panel data set of firms listed in the S&P 500 index, this study finds that IS-related education and experience of TMT members are positively associated with green IS innovation activities. In addition, the results show that the presence of a CIO positively moderates the positive association of IS-related experience with green IS innovation activities. Consequently, this study contributes to the IS literature on the intersection of human capital theory from an upper echelon perspective and environmental sustainability.
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