Green IT adoption: A motivational perspective

PACIS 2011 - 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems: Quality Research in Pacific

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Molla, Alemayehu ^a   Abareshi, Ahmad ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; Eco sustainability; Green IS; Green IT; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ECO-EFFICIENCY; ECO-SUSTAINABILITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; END OF LIFE MANAGEMENTS; GREEN IS; GREEN IT; GREEN TECHNOLOGY; IT INFRASTRUCTURES; POLLUTION REDUCTION; PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOTIVATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84855833444     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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