Images of environmental management: Competing metaphors in focus group discussions of swedish environmental quality objectives

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 776-787

  Wibeck, Victoria ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental objectives; Management by objectives (MBO); Metaphors; Social representations; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INCLUSION AND EXCLUSIONS; MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES; METAPHORS; SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION; POLLUTION; SWEDEN;

COMMUNICATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; METAPHOR; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POLICY MAKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 84864553220     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9816-7     Document Type: Article

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