(Re)presenting 'sustainable organizations'

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 477-494

  Tregidga, Helen ^a   Milne, Markus ^b   Kearins, Kate ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84955071195     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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