Policy entrepreneurs in sustainability transitions: Their personality and leadership profiles assessed

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 96-108

  Timmermans, Jos ^a   Van Der Heiden, Sander ^b   Born, Marise Ph ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Personality profile; Policy entrepreneurship; Policy innovations; Sustainability transitions; Transition management

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LEADERSHIP; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84911367094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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