Abstract
Green information systems (IS) is a research domain that contributes to finding solutions for fostering environmental behavior in individuals, organizations, and communities. So far, researching Green IS for individual users has been less abundant and requires more insight. Users’ engagement with technologies start from adoption. Green IS challenges users to modify their lifestyles in order to achieve sustainable behavior patterns. This article is focused on persuasive Green IS, which have in-built features to convince users to modify their lifestyles and to improve technology adoption intention. In the theoretical background, main concepts, especially sustainable behavior, Green IS, IS adoption, persuasive systems, and persuasive systems design (PSD) model are presented. In this article, we analyzed three studies that focused on individual sustainable behavior change with persuasive Green IS. Overviews of these studies are presented and the studies were analyzed as a whole. The reviewed studies suggest that the PSD model has a high potential for becoming a tool for Green IS enhancement. The key themes identified from the studies bring value to both academics and practitioners, as well as suggest directions for researching the individual behavior change with persuasive Green IS in the future.
Highlights
According to multiple sources, human behavior patterns heavily influence environmental quality [1,2,3]
Study II [47] investigated motivations and hypothesized that the persuasive systems design (PSD) variables would have an impact on different kinds of perceived loci of causality (PLOCs), which are defined as the degrees to which persons trigger and recognize their own deeds [55]
The following related prospective research questions can be investigated: (1) Is a longer period of using a persuasive Green information systems (IS) application associated with an increase in sustainable behavior? (2) Which categories from the PSD model are the most helpful in encouraging sustainable behavior? (3) Are there multiple ways of integrating persuasive features in persuasive Green IS applications? (4) Does the influence of the persuasive categories alter over the course of the persuasive Green IS application adoption process? (5) Can a long-lasting sustainable behavior change be achieved with the help of persuasive Green IS applications?
Summary
Human behavior patterns heavily influence environmental quality [1,2,3]. It was discovered that there is the positive impact of persuasive and human-like design on individual environmental control and normative beliefs in the context of sustainable behavior. We considered an underaddressed area of researching the influence of persuasive technologies on individual user’s intention to adopt Green IS. The central research question of the article was stated as follows: RQ: How does persuasive systems design aid in adoption of Green IS by individual users? The answer to this question is beneficial for the academics but can be used by practitioners to design and develop persuasive Green IS solutions that appeal to users. This article summarizes concepts presented in a dissertation that is grounded in the application of the PSD model [8] for fostering Green IS adoption [14]
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