Green IS design and energy conservation an empirical investigation of social normative feedback

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1271-1285

  Loock, Clarie Michelle ^a   Staake, Thorsten Staake ^a   Landwehr, Jan ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Empirical study; Green IT IS; Social norms; Social presence; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT EFFECTS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GREEN IT/IS; PERSONAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NORM; SOCIAL PRESENCE; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84884656736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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