Women Working Worldwide: Transnational networks, corporate social responsibility and action research

Global Networks

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 453-476

  Hale, Angela ^a   Wills, Jane ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commodity chains; Corporate social responsibility; Ethical trading initiative; Garment production; New labour internationalism; Transnational networking; Women workers' organizations

Indexed keywords

PERSONNEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMMODITY CHAINS; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; ETHICAL TRADING INITIATIVE; GARMENT PRODUCTION; NEW LABOUR INTERNATIONALISM; TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKING; WOMEN WORKERS' ORGANIZATIONS;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ACTION RESEARCH; GARMENT INDUSTRY; LABOR MIGRATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS ORGANIZATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 34548410068     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2007.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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