Organizational culture, professional role conceptions and local Swedish decision-makers' views on climate policy instruments

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 279-292

  Von Borgstede, Chris ^a   Lundqvist, Lennart J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental concern; Local organizational affiliation; Organizational norms; Policy measures; Professional roles; Societal norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250206308     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15239080601084711     Document Type: Article

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