Barriers to and enablers of sustainability integration in the performance management systems of an oil and gas company

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 136, Issue , 2016, Pages 197-212

  George, Roshni A ^a   Siti Nabiha, A K ^a   Jalaludin, Dayana ^b   Abdalla, Yousif A ^c  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Case study; Oil and gas company; Performance management and control; Sustainability integration

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS INDUSTRY; INTEGRATION; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PUBLIC UTILITIES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INSTITUTIONAL PRESSURES; OIL AND GAS COMPANIES; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; QUALITATIVE CASE STUDIES; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOCIO-TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84961153530     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.01.097     Document Type: Article

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