One reputation or many? Comparing stakeholders' perceptions of corporate reputation

Corporate Communications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 238-254

  Helm, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Germany; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547668388     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280710776842     Document Type: Article

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