Seeing is (not) believing: Managing the impressions of the firm's commitment to the natural environment

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-180

  Bansal, Pratima ^a   Kistruck, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impression management tactics; Legitimacy; Natural environment; Stakeholders; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748677462     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9021-9     Document Type: Article

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