Perceptions of environmental management systems: An examination of the Mexican manufacturing sector

Industrial Management & Data Systems

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-19

  Massoud, Jacob A ^a   Daily, Bonnie F ^b   Bishop, James W ^b  

^a PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Human resource management

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (EMS); ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HUMAN RESOURCES; KEY COMPONENT; MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; ME-XICO; SELF-REPORT; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; THEORY AND PRACTICE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVEYS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79951475990     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571111099703     Document Type: Article

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