The roles of supervisory support behaviors and environmental policy in employee "ecoinitiatives" at leading-edge European companies

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 605-626

  Ramus, Catherine A ^a   Steger, Ulrich ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMD   (Switzerland)

^c Res Inst for Ecol and Bus Admin   (Germany)

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EID: 0034341439     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1556357     Document Type: Article

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