Corporate-community relations in Nigeria's oil industry: Challenges and imperatives

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 194-206

  Idemudia, Uwafiokun ^a   Ite, Uwem E ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate community relations; Nigeria; Oil industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748429909     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.101     Document Type: Article

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