An Exploratory Study in Community Perspectives of Sustainability Leadership in the Murray Darling Basin

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 413-433

  Harley, Christine ^a   Metcalf, Louise ^a   Irwin, Julia ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community collaboration; Complex systems; Leadership emergence; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943010941     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1877-x     Document Type: Article

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