What makes organizations in market democracies adopt environmentally-friendly policies?

Green Organizations: Driving Change with I-O Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 93-114

  Lindenberg, Siegwart ^a   Steg, Linda ^b  

^a University of Groningen ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84899650002     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203142936     Document Type: Chapter

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