Company support for employee volunteering: A national survey of companies in canada

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 85, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 387-398

  Basil, Debra Z ^a   Runte, Mary S ^a   Easwaramoorthy, M ^b   Barr, Cathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b Imagine Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Corporate social responsibility; Employee support; Philanthropy; Volunteer; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349112459     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9741-0     Document Type: Article

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