Stakeholder activism through nonviolence

Corporate Communications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-93

  Dhir, Krishna S ^a  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Nigeria; Oil industry; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846571346     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280710723769     Document Type: Article

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