Critical success factors and green supply chain management proactivity: shedding light on the human aspects of this relationship based on cases from the Brazilian industry

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 28, Issue 6-8, 2017, Pages 671-683

  Chiappetta Jabbour, Charbel José ^a   Mauricio, André Luis ^b   de Sousa Jabbour, Ana Beatriz Lopes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; critical success factors; green human resource management; green operations management; Green supply chain management; resources based view; sustainable operations

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE BATTERIES; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; GREEN MANUFACTURING; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TRAINING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BRAZIL; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; RESOURCES BASED; SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85019496337     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2017.1309705     Document Type: Article

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