Organizing matters: How 'the social dimension' gets lost in sustainability projects

Sustainable Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-27

  Vifell, Åsa Casula ^a   Soneryd, Linda ^b  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Interactive governance; Organization; Project management; Social sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOOD PRODUCTION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84855675927     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.461     Document Type: Article

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