A social movement perspective of stakeholder collective action and influence

Business and Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-49

  King, Brayden ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Social movements; Stakeholder influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849175576     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650307306636     Document Type: Article

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