Towards safety, hygiene and environmental (SHE) management in African small and medium companies

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1463-1468

  Meité, Vaflahi ^a,b   Baeyens, Jan ^a   Dewil, Raf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for the Development of Enterprise   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Environment; Hygiene; Safety; SME; West Africa

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT; HYGIENE; MANAGEMENT IS; MEDIA COMPANIES; SAFETY PRACTICES; SMALL COMPANIES; SMALL-AND-MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; WEST AFRICA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; SAFETY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 58149089034     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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