A Behavioral Theory of Sustainable Supply Chain Management Decision Making in Non-exemplar Firms

Journal of Supply Chain Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 41-65

  Kirchoff, Jon F ^a   Omar, Ayman ^b   Fugate, Brian S ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral theory of the firm; Environmental issues; Grounded theory; Human judgment and decision making; Qualitative data analysis; Social responsibility; Sustainable supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954401741     PISSN: 15232409     EISSN: 1745493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jscm.12098     Document Type: Article

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