"For the benefit of Australians": Exploring national expectations of the mining industry

Resources Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Mason, Claire M ^a   Paxton, Gillian ^b   Parsons, Richard ^a   Parr, Joanna M ^a   Moffat, Kieren ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mining objectives; Social identity; Social licence to operate

Indexed keywords

FUTURE GENERATIONS; INTER-GROUP; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MINING ACTIVITIES; MULTIPLE FRAMES OF REFERENCE; SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS; SOCIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL LICENCE TO OPERATE;

ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MINING INDUSTRY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84896877822     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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