A Framework for Adopting Green It in Telecommunication Companies: a Case Study of Major Telecommunication Companies in Kenya

Abstract

Green IT adoption is the effort in an organization to tackle the current ecological challenges facing the universe. The goal of this paper is to propose a framework to assist organizations’ and practitioners in the adoption of green IT. Existing green IT literature were reviewed. Findings from this paper show the attributes and components that stand to be considered in adopting Green IT in IT Governance; consequently the framework can also be used as a guide for forthcoming research in this area. The study used cross-sectional descriptive survey design which will be deemed fit to establish the framework for adoption of green IT in telecommunication companies in Kenya. This focused on examining out who, what, where, when and how much of an existing phenomenon under the study. This research sort to establish a framework for adoption green IT in telecommunication companies in Kenya. The results revealed that telecommunication companies engages the service of professionals, operates existing IT systems in an efficient manner, undertook Auditing of the energy efficiency of current IT technologies existing IT technologies and that companies were giving weight to eco-friendly considerations in sourcing .Generally, the result of this study has several implications for the adoption of Green IT within Organizations in Kenya. First the result indicates all the six factors have significant impact on adoption of Green IT within Organizations in Kenya. Particularly, the factors as discussed should aggressively develop and pay more emphasis on such variables in the whole process of Green IT adoption. This research contributes to the emergence of a cumulative tradition in Green IT research. By proposing a green IT adoption framework customized to telecommunication organizations in Kenya. Keywords: Green IT, adoption of Green IT, Information Technology (IT)