Organizational motivations for Green IT: Developing and exploring a Green IT matrix and motivation models

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Molla, Alemayehu ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Eco sustainability; Green information system; Green IT; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ECO-SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN IT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; INSTITUTIONAL FORCES; IT MANAGEMENT; MATRIX; VALUE CHAINS; WATER USE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 84855704501     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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