Adoption of Emerging Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability

This book represents an important voice in the discourse on the adoption of emerging ICT for sustainability. It focuses on how emerging ICT acts as a crucial enabler of sustainability, offering new forward-looking approaches to this field. The book explores how emerging ICT adoption drives sustainability efforts in business and public organizations, promoting ecological, economic, social, cultural, and political sustainability. The book's theoretical discussions, conceptual approaches, empirical studies, diverse perspectives, and views make it a valuable and comprehensive reference work.

Appealing to both researchers and practitioners, this book provides significant areas for research and practice related to the contribution of emerging ICT adoption to sustainability. It also suggests vital considerations for programming and building sustainable development-driven emerging ICT adoption. Readers will find answers to important contemporary questions, such as:

• What are the concepts, frameworks, models, and approaches to enhance sustainable development through the adoption of emerging ICT?
• How does the adoption of emerging ICT influence sustainability?
• How can emerging ICT be adopted to enhance sustainability?
• What are the current practices and successful cases of emerging ICT adoption for sustainability?
• What factors influence emerging ICT adoption to enhance sustainability?

Introduction. THEORETICAL ISSUES ON EMERGING ICT ADOPTION FOR SUSTAINABILITY. Potential for a Process Framework to Guide the Implementation of Circular Economy Activities in Enterprises. The State of Research on Emerging Information and Communication Technologies for Sustainable Development. Analysis of Frameworks for the Integration of Information and Communication Technology into Sustainability. Mapping Areas of ICT Application for Sustainable Management. A Concept of a Sustainable Digital Healthcare System. The Meta-Design Methodology and Process Adaptability for Sustainability Support. Pro-Environmental Engagement of ICT Enterprises in Poland as an Expression of Sustainable Development. The State of Research on Cognitive Technologies for Sustainable Business Processes. EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO EMERGING ICT ADOPTION FOR SUSTAINABILITY. The Role of Robotic Process Automation in Sustainable Human Resource Management. Sustainable E-commerce in the Perspective of SDGs and Online Marketplaces. The Impact of Technical Aspects of E-commerce on Sustainability. Comparative Study of Poland, Turkey, and China. Shadow Information Technology for the Sustainable Facilitation of Knowledge Development at Universities. The Importance of Traditional and New Media in Encouraging Young Consumers’ Sustainable Behavior. Automatic Hate Speech Detection Methods as a Tool Supporting a Sustainable Society and Economy. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN BY EMERGING ICT ADOPTION. The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Sustainable Development in the Energy Sector. Exploring Socio-technical Gaps in the Cybersecurity of Energy Informatics for Sustainability. Employing Smart Metering Platforms in Energy-Efficient Behaviors. Social Motivators and Barriers to Participation in a Renewable Energy Community in Western Europe.

Ewa Ziemba (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1084-7497) holds the position of Full Professor of management at the University of Economics in Katowice, Poland. Her research focuses on information systems and technologies for business, public administration, and sustainable development. She is one of the renowned leaders in developing a multi-dimensional approach to a sustainable information society.

Ewa Ziemba published over 240 peer-reviewed papers, three books, and 24 edited volumes, including a few published with Springer and Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Her research articles have been published in reputable journals. In 2021, she was included in the top-cited scientists list (TOP 2% cited scientists) created by Stanford University, Elsevier, Scopus, and SciTech. Ewa Ziemba was a coordinator and principal investigator of over 40 prestigious Polish and international research projects. She is a research expert for the National Centre for Research and Development in Poland, the Academy of Finland, The Malta Council for Science and Technology, the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Ewa Ziemba has a wide experience in training, guest lectures, and delivering keynote speeches at international prestige conferences. She has supervised four Ph.D. students and above 200 master’s/bachelor’s students, 10 out of which were awarded. She serves on the editorial boards of international journals as an editor and reviewer. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Economics and Management, Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Computer Information Systems. Additionally, she is a reviewer for many prestige journals and publishers and has authored more than 600 reviews.

The academic world values and recognizes Ewa Ziemba’s work and significant academic community contributions. In 2021, she was electe