Communication of corporate social responsibility by Portuguese banks: A legitimacy theory perspective

Corporate Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 232-248

  Branco, Manuel Castelo ^a   Rodrigues, Lúcia Lima ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Banks; Corporate communications; Corporate social responsibility; Internet; Portugal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746637576     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280610680821     Document Type: Article

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