The role of corporate reputation in the stakeholder decision-making process

Business and Society

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-290

  Puncheva, Petya ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate citizenship; Corporate reputation; Decision making; Institutional theory; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 49249083443     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650306297946     Document Type: Article

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