Linking environmental management practices and organizational citizenship behaviour for the environment: A social exchange perspective

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 3552-3575

  Paillé, Pascal ^a   Boiral, Olivier ^a   Chen, Yang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

employee commitment; environmental management; green behaviours; perceived support; pro environmental behaviour; workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882248499     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2013.777934     Document Type: Article

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