Understanding energy informatics: A gestalt-fit perspective

18th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2012, AMCIS 2012

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages 4353-4365

  Califf, Christopher B ^a   Lin, Xiaolin ^a   Sarker, Saonee ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy informatics; Environmental sustainability; Fit as gestalts; Green IS; Green IT; IS success; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ENERGY INFORMATICS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FIT AS GESTALTS; GREEN IS; GREEN IT; IS SUCCESS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84878067392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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