Stakeholder pressure and the adoption of environmental practices: The mediating effect of training

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-176

  Sarkis, Joseph ^a   Gonzalez Torre, Pilar ^b   Adenso Diaz, Belarmino ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental and operations management; Human resource training; Mediation; Stakeholder pressure

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES; HUMAN RESOURCE TRAINING; HUMAN RESOURCES; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; MEDIATING EFFECT; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE-BASED THEORY; REVERSE LOGISTICS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 75949083688     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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