Greening organizations through leaders' influence on employees' pro-environmental behaviors

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-194

  Robertson, Jennifer L ^a   Barling, Julian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Employee pro environmental behavior; Environmental sustainability; Environmentally specific transformational leadership; Green leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872390446     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1820     Document Type: Article

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