E-WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN ORGANIZATIONS - A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Abstract

Existing studies on consumer response to e-waste management mainly focus on the household consumers and little attention has been given to study the role of bulk consumers, despite the fact that they create majority of e-waste. The aim of the present study is to build a proposed conceptual framework of the key factors shaping the organizational e-waste strategy as well as the organizational challenges related to its implementation through a review of the current literature. The proposed model takes into consideration studies previously carried out by the authors in the areas of e-waste and environmental management in general. An extensive literature survey has been carried out to derive the constructs of the conceptual framework as a basis for further empirical research. Based on the review of existing literature, a conceptual framework of determinants of e-waste strategy and organizational challenges related to strategy implementation are identified. The model depicts that various internal and external factors served as key strategic drivers for e-waste management in the organizations and the hurdles faced to implement it. The proposed conceptual framework for organizational e-waste management strategy developed through literature review is yet to be empirically tested and validated using appropriate tools and techniques. Future research can be carried out to test the applicability of the proposed framework to a wider spectrum of organizations in varying contexts. The study proposes a novel framework of strategy for e-waste management in the organizational context