Social responsibility in Spain. Practices and motivations in firms

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1247-1271

  Prado Lorenzo, José Manuel ^a   Gallego Álvarez, Isabel ^a   García Sánchez, Isabel María ^a   Rodríguez Domínguez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business performance; Corporate social responsibility; Financial performance; Motivation (psychology); Spain; Working practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249087160     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810901417     Document Type: Article

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