Improving the Sustainable Development of Firms: The Role of Employees

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 92-108

  Wolf, Julia ^a  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employee performance; Germany; Manufacturing and service industries; Moderated regression; Stakeholder management; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 84873078073     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1731     Document Type: Article

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