Green information technologies and systems: Employees' perceptions of organizational practices

Business and Society

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-314

  Jenkin, Tracy A ^a   McShane, Lindsay ^a   Webster, Jane ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; employee perceptions; environmental sustainability; financial services industry; green; information systems; information technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957503710     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650311398640     Document Type: Review

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