The lack of a critical perspective in environmental management research: Distortion in the scientific discourse

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 334-346

  Ählström, Jenny ^a   Macquet, Monica ^a   Richter, Ulf ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Critical theory; Distortion; Environmental management; Scientific discourse; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PARADIGM SHIFT; RESEARCH WORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SCAEVIUS MILII;

EID: 74549138194     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.592     Document Type: Article

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