Modern institutions, phenomenal dissociations, and destructiveness toward humans and the environment

Organization and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-170

  Worthy, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecopsychology; Environmental consciousness; Environmental crisis; Environmental values and attitudes; Obedience studies; Organizational structures

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 44149098858     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026608318987     Document Type: Article

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