Greening the Corporation Through Organizational Citizenship Behaviors

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-236

  Boiral, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eco efficiency; Environmental management; Organizational citizenship behaviors; Pollution prevention; Sustainability; Voluntary initiatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949123090     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9881-2     Document Type: Article

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