Work climate, innovativeness, and firm performance in the US forest sector: In search of a conceptual framework

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1703-1715

  Crespell, Pablo ^a   Hansen, Eric ^b  

^a FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RAW MATERIALS; WOOD;

COMPANY'S STRATEGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; FOREST SECTORS; FOREST-PRODUCTS INDUSTRY; INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY; INDUSTRY SECTORS; INNOVATIVENESS; ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; RISK TAKING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (SEM); VALUE-ADDED; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INNOVATION; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

CLIMATES; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; RAW MATERIALS; WOOD;

EID: 47649085484     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-027     Document Type: Review

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