Does Workforce Diversity Matter in the Fight against Climate Change? An Analysis of Fortune 500 Companies

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-62

  Ciocirlan, Cristina ^a   Pettersson, Caroline ^b  

^a ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Michael Page International   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Climate change; Environmental workplace behavior; Minorities; Socio demographic variables; Women; Workforce diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855734990     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.279     Document Type: Article

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