Environmental management accounting: The significance of contingent variables for adoption

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-173

  Christ, Katherine L ^a   Burritt, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Contingency theory; Environmental management accounting

Indexed keywords

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

AUSTRALIA; CONTINGENCY THEORY; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE; ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE; RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84868689242     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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