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Institutional Pressure, Organizational Factors and E-Waste Management Practice: A Study in Telecommunication and Technology Industries

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The digitalisation era has demonstrated the environmental threat resulting from poor e-waste management. Therefore, this study aims to examine if institutional pressure and organisational factors can be used as determinants of good e-waste management practice. A questionnaire was distributed to the telecommunication and technology industries listed firms of Bursa Malaysia using the survey method. The results reveal that institutional pressure from customers positively and significantly impacts firms’ e-waste management practices. For organisational factors, top management and staff play a significant role in shaping firms’ e-waste management practices. The results from this study may be used to shed some light on the betterment of e-waste management practice, which will lead to achieving environmental sustainability.

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We would like to thank the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia (MOHE) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) for supporting this study through the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS/1/2020/SS01/UUM/02/14).

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  1. Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy, Universiti Utara Malaysia, 06010, Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia

    Hafizah Abd-Mutalib, Che Zuriana Muhammad Jamil, Rapiah Mohamed, Nor Atikah Shafai & Saidatul Nurul Hidayah Jannatun Naim Nor-Ahmad

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Abd-Mutalib, H., Jamil, C.Z.M., Mohamed, R., Shafai, N.A., Nor-Ahmad, S.N.H.J.N. (2023). Institutional Pressure, Organizational Factors and E-Waste Management Practice: A Study in Telecommunication and Technology Industries. In: Ujikawa, K., Ishiwatari, M., Hullebusch, E.v. (eds) Environment and Sustainable Development. ACESD 2022. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4101-8_16

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