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Business Decisions and the Environment: Significance, Challenges, and Momentum of an Emerging Research Field
(2004)
Over the past four decades, the concept of corporate environmentalism was born and redefined through multiple iterations. Concurrent with this evolution in corporate practice has been the emergence of academic research ...
Climate Change Strategy: The Business Logic behind Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reductions
(2004)
Economic uncertainties have prompted American policy-makers to withdraw U.S. involvement in the Kyoto Treaty. But interestingly, some U.S. companies are taking advantage of the present lack of a mandatory U.S. GHG emission ...
Changing Environmental Practice: Understanding and Overcoming the Organizational and Psychological Barriers
(Journal of Social Issues, 2005)
Since the early 1990s, the environmental management literature has grown from a small offshoot of mainstream academic study to become a vibrant field of its own. The contributions of this field lie in the study of corporations ...
Comparing three attitude-behavior theories for predicting science teachers' intentions
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2002-11)
Social psychologists' attitude-behavior theories can contribute to understanding science teachers' behaviors. Such understanding can, in turn, be used to improve professional development. This article describes leading ...
A tale of two policies: The politics of climate forecasting and drought relief in Ceará, Brazil
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-06)
This paper evaluates the use of climate-based information in drought mitigation in Ceará, Northeast Brazil. It examines two policies – a seed-distribution program ( Hora de Plantar ) and the Emergency Drought-Relief Program ...
Cooptation or Convergence in Field Level Dynamics: Social Movement Structure, Identity and Image
(2006-05)
This paper adds to the growing area of research linking institutional analysis and social movement theory. Conceiving the environmental movement as a field-level structure in pursuit of change within a broader organizational ...
Getting Right with Nature: Anthropocentrism, Ecocentrism and Theocentrism
(Organization & Environment, 2004)
We are uneasy with nature. The past century has witnessed unprecedented economic growth and prosperity. It has witnessed also unprecedented depredations upon nature. Today there is debate between two moral postures to ...
What Hat Do I Wear Now?: An Examination of Agency Roles in Collaborative Processes
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1999-04)
As collaborative approaches to resolving public disputes become more prevalent, agency officials are finding themselves in unfamiliar terrain. This article offers one conceptualization of agency roles in collaborative ...
Traditional knowledge and pest management in the Guatemalan highlands
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-03)
Adoption of integrated pest management(IPM) practices in the Guatemalan highlands has beenlimited by the failure of researchers andextensionists to promote genuine farmer participationin their efforts. Some attempts have ...