An organizational field approach to corporate rationality: The role of stakeholder activism

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-111

  O'Connell, Lenahan L ^a   Stephens, Carroll U ^a   Betz, Michael ^a   Shepard, Jon M ^a   Hendry, Jamie R ^a  

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EID: 13544249892     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq20051514     Document Type: Article

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