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Increasing amounts of electronic waste(e-wastes) which is generated by Small enterprises (SEs) in Thi-Qar provenance posen egative effects on the environment through improper recycling and disposal techniques. Consequently, the pressures on these enterprises have been escalating. Therefore, this research studies how institutional pressures affect the adoption of environmental disposal of E-waste across them. A research model has been developed to link three components: coercive pressure, normative influence, and mimicry, then exam their effect on adopting environmental disposal of E-waste. The model was validated using data collected from a field survey of (101) managers of small enterprises in Thi-Qar province. A questionnaire was developed to collect data. It contains five major variables, exemplifying by twenty-one items. Also, five dimensions‟ scalar is used for the purpose of measuring, subjected to reliability and validity tests. The partial least square(PLS) method was employed to analyze the survey answers. The results show that normative, mimetic and coercive pressures significantly drive environmental disposal of ewaste adoption respectively. The analysis that normative pressure is the most influential in the attitude towered adoption environmental disposal of e-waste, while the coercive pressures have had the most significant effect on the continuance of usage of the-waste practice. This research contributes to existing knowledge in the field of IT, regarding the decision maker's intention for the adoption and continued use of e waste through the development of a theoretical framework that identifies the key factors for the adoption environmental disposal of electronic waste.
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