Managerial attitudes towards Green IT: An explorative study of policy drivers

PACIS 2009 - 13th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: IT Services in a Global Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sarkar, Pradip K ^a   Young, Leslie W ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Corporate governance; Environmental sustainability; Green IT; IT infrastructure

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN IT; IT INFRASTRUCTURES;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84855668397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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