The impact of green initiatives on environmental legitimacy and admiration of the organization

Public Relations Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-135

  Bortree, Denise Sevick ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Admiration; Environment; Green; Legitimacy; Online experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 63149163373     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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