Managerial discretion and corporate commitment to the natural environment

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 964-975

  Araǵon Correa, Juan Alberto ^a   Matías Reche, Fernando ^a   Senise Barrio, María Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Configurations; Environmental commitment; Inertia view; Managerial discretion; Natural environment; Upper echelons

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043129676     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(02)00500-3     Document Type: Article

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