Motivators in green IT-outsourcing from vendor’s perspective: A systematic literature review

Green it is becoming an important concept for the organization since over the last decade,however,not every organization is completely ready to implement green it initiatives. therefore,it is necessary to develop an easy-to-use but comprehensive self-assessment to evaluate organizational readiness to implement green it. we have reviewed the literature through systematic literature review (slr) process to identify motivators in green it-outsourcing from vendor’s perspective. our final sample of publication selection comprises 82 papers in total. we have identified,through the slr,a list of 9 motivators. six of these motivators were identified as significant motivators. these significant motivators are ‘energy efficiency’,‘development and use of environment-friendly softwares’,‘overall business cost reduction’,‘promoting reusability and sustainability both in terms of hardwares and softwares’,‘improving quality of services’ and ‘deployment of virtualization strategies with respect to hardwares,softwares and processes’. we have further analyzed the identified motivators on the basis of different variables including,study strategy/methodology and period of years. we have found more similarities than differences in the identified motivators across study strategy/methodology and period of years. © pakistan academy of sciences.