Corporate social responsibility and the management of labour in two Australian mining industry companies

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-67

  Jones, Meredith ^a   Marshall, Shelley ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Corporate strategy; Labour management; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846030134     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00542.x     Document Type: Review

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