The Politics of Knowing "Organizational Sustainable Development"

Organization and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-129

  Tregidga, Helen ^a   Kearins, Kate ^a   Milne, Markus ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

legitimation; organizational discourse; reporting; sustainable development; taken for granted assumptions

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84875065134     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026612474957     Document Type: Article

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