Corporate social responsibility as corporate social control: The case of work-site health promotion

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-72

  Holmqvist, Mikael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corporate social control; Corporate social responsibility; Work site health promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949112453     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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