ISO and OHSAS certifications: How stakeholders affect corporate decisions on sustainability

Management Decision

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1983-2005

  Qi, Guoyou ^a   Zeng, Saixing ^b   Yin, Haitao ^b   Lin, Han ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

ISO 14001; ISO 9001; OHSAS 18001; Stakeholder; Sustainability management; Three pillars

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885965738     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MD-11-2011-0431     Document Type: Article

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