Variation of greenness across China’s universities: motivations and resources

Zhao, Wanxia; Zou, Yonghua

doi:10.1108/ijshe-10-2016-0196

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“…Meiboudi et al (2018) propose a rating model for the greening level of the schools in Iran. Furthermore, Zhao and Zou (2018) develop University Greenness Index (UGI) for Chinese universities.…”

Section: Evaluation Measurement and Reporting Of Sustainability In Universitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green University and academic performance: An empirical study on UI GreenMetric and World University Rankings

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Yasayacak

Yıldız

et al. 2021

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Evaluation Measurement and Reporting Of Sustainability In Universitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Green University and academic performance: An empirical study on UI GreenMetric and World University Rankings

Atıcı

Yasayacak

Yıldız

et al. 2021

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Their study was only JSTPM 10,2 concerned with greening institutions building towards sustainability attainment. Likewise, Zhao and Zou (2018) investigated the cross-institutional difference in university greenness and examined its essential dynamics. The authors aimed to improve institutional transformation towards promoting university greenness.…”

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Green information technology adoption towards a sustainability policy agenda for government-based institutions

Anthony

Majid

Romli

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the key Green information technology (IT) components needed to be considered by government-based institutions and to develop a Green policy framework based on the identified Green IT components to facilitate government-based institutions achieve sustainability. Design/methodology/approach The Green policy framework and associated propositions are developed to facilitate government-based institutions achieve sustainability. In addition, a case study approach was adopted to verify the proposed framework based on data collected from open-ended interviews and sustainability report documents from two government-based institutions in Malaysia. Furthermore, the collected data were analyzed based on content analysis using descriptive and narrative method to present the findings of Green IT components adopted in the selected case studies. Findings Findings show that sustainability considerations are increasingly being deliberated in institutions. Moreover, finding from the analyzed data also indicates that there is an increased interest towards implementation of Green IT initiatives for developing, operating and usage by practitioners and staff within government-based institutions. Research limitations/implications Findings from this study suggest that the Green policy framework components have implications to support only government-based institutions address environmental, social and economic-related issues. Practical implications The developed Green IT components serve as robust indicators or constructs to measure management of Green IT initiatives currently being implemented and thereby provide a framework for sustainability committee members to benchmark their current Green IT practice. Social implications This study provides an agenda to guide government-based institutions achieve sustainability goals. Accordingly, government-based institutions can adopt the framework’s components to evaluate their progress, hence improving their target of attaining sustainability. Besides, this research provides an approach for assessing current practices adopted in government-based institutions against the Green IT components. Originality/value The originality of this study is attributed to the fact that this study presents Green IT policy framework to be considered by government-based institutions in achieving sustainability. The framework provides an agenda to simultaneously consider all three dimensions of sustainability the people, planet and profit (social, environment and economic). Moreover, this is one of the first studies to explore Green IT practices in government-based institutions.

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“…The debate on modernizing the curriculum in higher academic settings remains a hot topic for intellectuals, academics and leaders. Because researchers believe that backward academic programs, lack of academic reputation and interest of students affect academic research and university rankings (Zhao and Zou, 2018). In addition to using selected databases such as ACM, ACS, APS, ASCE, IEEE, Science Direct, JASTOR, AMS and WOS, the other databases are not used.…”

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Knowledge-based society and emerging disciplines: a correlation of academic performance

Rafi

Ahmad

Khan

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Purpose Digital libraries promote and accelerate scientific research in academic institutions. The subscribed database resources of digital libraries have become an increasingly valuable asset for researchers. Database resources help generate new ideas, determine research directions and promote productive academic interaction between teachers and students in the information age. The purpose of this study is to examine the use of electronic resources by students in various databases, the research productivity of the faculty in the science network and the number of students who graduate each year. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a quantitative method to collect secondary data from the central database of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for the population of 26 universities for 2 years (2015–2016). In addition to the HEC digital library, data was also collected from the Web of Science to determine the quality academic performance of faculty and researchers. Moreover, in the study, the total strength of teaching staff and doctoral faculty was extracted from the HEC website for investigation. The authors applied the Spearman’s correlation test to the secondary data using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 25. Findings The correlation results of the enrolled students and the downloaded papers from various databases were statistically insignificant (p > 0.05). However, the result showed a positive correlation (p < 0.05) between the use of selected/known databases from a number of databases accessed by the HEC. More importantly, it turns out that the faculty’s productivity in the scientific network and the number of students who graduated from public and private universities are found to be insignificant (p > 0.05). However, the authors found a positive correlation (p < 0.05) between doctoral and non-doctoral faculties, which show that a significant number of non-doctoral faculties are still actively involved in teaching and research. Originality/value Research based on academic activities by faculties and students, performed for the first time on the basis of secondary data, will help the HEC and university management to determine the right direction and develop plans to improve academic performance and research quality.

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Variation of greenness across China’s universities: motivations and resources

Cited by 12 publications

References 45 publications

Green University and academic performance: An empirical study on UI GreenMetric and World University Rankings

Green University and academic performance: An empirical study on UI GreenMetric and World University Rankings

Green information technology adoption towards a sustainability policy agenda for government-based institutions

Knowledge-based society and emerging disciplines: a correlation of academic performance

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