Online communication of Corporate Environmental Citizenship: A study of New Zealand's electricity and gas retailers

Journal of Marketing Communications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-153

  Insch, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corporate Environmental Citizenship; Energy sector; New Zealand; Online communications

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549096821     PISSN: 13527266     EISSN: 14664445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527260701858505     Document Type: Article

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