Power and size of firms as reflected in cleaning subcontractors' practices of social responsibility

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 673-683

  Nisim, Sarit ^a   Benjamin, Orly ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cleaning subcontractors; Corporate social responsibility; Firm size; Inter organization network; Power relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349103419     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9647-2     Document Type: Article

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