Between responsibility and rhetoric: Some consequences of CSR practice in Nigeria's oil province

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-240

  Akpan, Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; OIL INDUSTRY; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33745115928     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768350600707488     Document Type: Article

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