The moderating effect of environmental munificence and dynamism on the relationship between discretionary social responsibility and firm performance

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-54

  Goll, Irene ^a   Rasheed, Abdul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Firm performance; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043065019     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000013862.14941.4e     Document Type: Article

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