Corporate Social Responsibility website representations: A longitudinal study of internal and external self-presentations

Journal of Marketing Communications

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-137

  Basil, Debra Z ^a   Erlandson, Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Corporate Social Responsibility; Longitudinal study; Website

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549126666     PISSN: 13527266     EISSN: 14664445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527260701858497     Document Type: Article

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