Hotels' environmental policies and employee personal environmental beliefs: Interactions and outcomes

Tourism Management

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 436-446

  Chou, Chia Jung ^a  

^a TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate environmentalism; Eco initiatives; Hospitality management; Organisational climate; VBN theory

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HUMAN RESOURCE;

EID: 84883282529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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