Importance-performance ratings for environmental practices among Hong Kong professional-level employees

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 699-706

  To, W M ^a   Lam, K H ^b   Lai, T M ^a  

^a MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Environmental practices; Factor analysis; Hong Kong; Importance performance analysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; HONG-KONG; IMPORTANCE-PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS; PROFESSIONAL LEVELS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84946487645     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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