Legitimacy and Organizational Sustainability

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-203

  Thomas, Tom E ^a   Lamm, Eric ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Managerial attitudes; Sustainability; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866766409     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1421-4     Document Type: Article

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