Engagement in Environmental Behaviors Among Supply Chain Management Employees: An Organizational Support Theoretical Perspective

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 33-51

  Cantor, David E ^a,b   Morrow, Paula C ^a   Montabon, Frank ^a,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral supply management; Environmental issues; Organizational support theory; Structural equation modeling; Supply chain management; Survey methods; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864339796     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-493X.2011.03257.x     Document Type: Article

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