Making Self-Regulation More than Merely Symbolic: The Critical Role of the Legal Environment

Using data from a sample of U.S. industrial facilities subject to the federal Clean Air Act from 1993 to 2003, this article theorizes and tests the conditions under which organizations’ symbolic commitments to self-regulate are particularly likely to result in improved compliance practices and outco...

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Autor principal: Short, Jodi L. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Toffel, Michael W.
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2010
En:Año: 2010
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