Antecedents and consequences of environmental stewardship in boundary-spanning B2B teams

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 470-487

  de Ruyter, Ko ^a   de Jong, Ad ^b   de Wetzels, Martin ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boundary spanning teams; Dispersion models; Environmental stewardship; Multi level modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449528779     PISSN: 00920703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11747-009-0138-0     Document Type: Article

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