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Investigating the Mediating Role of Organization’s Sustainability in The Relationship between Using Greening Technology Information Tools and Organization’s General Performance: A Field Study on A Group of Jordanian Business Organization

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  • Mahmood B Ridha

    (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan)

  • Abdel-Rahman Ismail

    (Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Zarqa University, Jordan)

  • Abdul Sattar H Yousif

    (Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan)

Abstract

This study aims at investigating, the mediating role of business organization sustainability in the relationship and impact of the use of IT Tools on Organizational performance. A selective sample of 110 managers from 30 Jordanian business organizations were the participants of this study. Four parts, 22 statements questionnaire was used to gather the required data. The statistical testing and analysis results of the collected data have indicated that there is a strong positive and statistically significant relationship between the use of IT tools and organization performance. Its tool utilization also has a strong positive impact on organizational performance. The mediating role of organization sustainability was positive in terms of the relationship and impact of using IT tools and business organization performance. The results of this study were consistent with many other previous studies.

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  • Mahmood B Ridha & Abdel-Rahman Ismail & Abdul Sattar H Yousif, 2020. "Investigating the Mediating Role of Organization’s Sustainability in The Relationship between Using Greening Technology Information Tools and Organization’s General Performance: A Field Study on A," Review of Applied Socio-Economic Research, Pro Global Science Association, vol. 19(1), pages 75-84, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:rse:wpaper:v:19:y:2020:i:1:p:75-84
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    Keywords

    Green Technology; IT tools; Corporate Sustainability; Information Technology (IT); Cloud Computing and organization performance;
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    JEL classification:

    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration
    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management
    • M19 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Other

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