The greening of organizational culture:Management views on the depth, degree and diffusion of change

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 214-234

  Harris, Lloyd C ^a   Crane, Andrew ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Green issues; Management; Organizational change; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036017813     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810210429273     Document Type: Article

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