Atiye Ghalami; Neda Abdolvand; Saeedeh Rajaee Harandi
Volume 22, Issue 1 , June 2018, , Pages 187-217
Abstract
Nowadays, along with using information systems as a competitive advantage in organizations, attention to creation and development of sustainable environment that organizations can achieve their goals without damaging the social, economic and environmental aspects of society, has become a vital issue ...
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Nowadays, along with using information systems as a competitive advantage in organizations, attention to creation and development of sustainable environment that organizations can achieve their goals without damaging the social, economic and environmental aspects of society, has become a vital issue about the future of ecosystems and society. Therefore, identification of necessary factors to improve the social, economic, and environmental aspects are of the beneficial and necessary solutions. Hence, the aim of this study is to recognize and examine factors affecting each of these aspects that information systems can play an important role in improving them for achieving the goals of sustainable development by using the qualitative and quantitative approaches. In the qualitative part the meta-synthesis approach was used to identify the factors and then factors were placed in the appropriate categories using experts' ideas. Then, in the quantitative part the Chi-square test was used to analyze the hypothesis and Friedman test was used to prioritize the concepts, dimensions and categories. Finally, 42 concepts and 12 main categories were identified. Based on results among major issues in the context of sustainable development, resource management is of paramount importance. Moreover, Environmental dimensions are more important than others.
