A speech-act model for talking to management. Building a framework for evaluating communication within the SRI engagement process

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-91

  Vandekerckhove, Wim ^a   Leys, Jos ^b   Van Braeckel, Dirk ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Dexia SA   (Belgium)

^c Vigeo Group SA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Active shareholdership; Engagement; Speech act; SRI

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549087321     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9563-5     Document Type: Article

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