Individual competencies for managers engaged in corporate sustainable management practices

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 497-506

  Wesselink, Renate ^a   Blok, Vincent ^a   Van Leur, Sebastiaan ^a   Lans, Thomas ^a   Dentoni, Domenico ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CSR competencies; CSR managers; CSR practices; Sustainability competencies

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); CSR COMPETENCIES; CSR PRACTICES; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INDIVIDUAL COMPETENCIES; INTERPERSONAL COMPETENCE; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84938059442     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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