Research Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2013
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
Page No. 96 - 102

Drivers of Green Practices Adoption: A Proposed Conceptual Framework

Authors : Chai Har Lee, Nabsiah Abdul Wahid and Yen Nee Goh

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