Organizational consequences of implementing an ISO 14001 environmental management system: An empirical analysis

Organization and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 440-459

  Concepción López Fernández, Maria ^a   Serrano Bedia, Maria Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

EMS; Environmental management system; ISO 14001; Mintzberg; Organizational design; Organizational structure

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; STANDARD (REGULATION);

EID: 36349008767     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026607309388     Document Type: Article

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