Codetermination: A business and government partnership in procedural safety for ecological sustainability

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 527-542

  Swanson, Diane L ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business and government partnership; Ecological sustainability; Industrial accidents; Risk society

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034310164     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1743(200011/12)17:6<527::aid-sres353>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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