Pro-Environmental Change and Short- to Mid-Term Economic Performance: The Mediating Effect of Organisational Design Change

Organization and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 307-327

  Rivera Torres, Pilar ^a   Garcés Ayerbe, Concepción ^a   Scarpellini, Sabina ^a   Valero Gil, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

competitiveness; efficiency; environmental proactivity; organisational design change; pro environmental change; short to mid term economic performance; stakeholders

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84954568044     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026615603867     Document Type: Article

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