The greening of organisational it: What makes a difference

Australasian Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-92

  Kuo, Ben N ^a   Dick, Geoffrey N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 80455179429     PISSN: 10397841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3127/ajis.v16i2.592     Document Type: Article

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