Paper Type
Complete
Paper Number
PACIS2026-1281
Description
Digital sustainability in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) depends not only on adopting green information systems (IS) but on how these systems are appropriated in everyday work. Drawing on adaptive structuration theory, we examine how technological and environmental structures jointly shape green IS appropriation. Using survey data from 109 Vietnamese SMEs and covariance-based structural equation modeling, we find that green IS quality and coercive pressure positively influence green IS appropriation, whereas mimetic pressure has no direct effect. Moreover, coercive pressure weakens the positive effect of green IS quality on green IS appropriation, while mimetic pressure marginally strengthens it. Our model explains 82% of the variance in green IS appropriation. Our findings clarify how institutional pressures asymmetrically condition technological structures and position appropriation as a critical post-adoption process through which SMEs translate green IS into everyday organizational practice.
Recommended Citation
Le, Thanh-Minh Ha and Chen, Jengchung Victor, "One Step Away from Digital Sustainability: Understanding the Appropriation of Green Information Systems Among SMEs" (2026). PACIS 2026 Proceedings. 2.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2026/di_entren/di_entren/2
One Step Away from Digital Sustainability: Understanding the Appropriation of Green Information Systems Among SMEs
Digital sustainability in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) depends not only on adopting green information systems (IS) but on how these systems are appropriated in everyday work. Drawing on adaptive structuration theory, we examine how technological and environmental structures jointly shape green IS appropriation. Using survey data from 109 Vietnamese SMEs and covariance-based structural equation modeling, we find that green IS quality and coercive pressure positively influence green IS appropriation, whereas mimetic pressure has no direct effect. Moreover, coercive pressure weakens the positive effect of green IS quality on green IS appropriation, while mimetic pressure marginally strengthens it. Our model explains 82% of the variance in green IS appropriation. Our findings clarify how institutional pressures asymmetrically condition technological structures and position appropriation as a critical post-adoption process through which SMEs translate green IS into everyday organizational practice.
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