Organizational Culture and Environmental Action

The Oxford Handbook of Business and the Natural Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Howard Grenville, Jennifer ^a   Bertels, Stephanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business; Cultural toolkit; Environmental sustainability; Natural environment; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924859639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199584451.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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