Corporate social responsibility communication of Chinese and global corporations in China

Public Relations Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-212

  Tang, Lu ^a   Li, Hongmei ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Content analysis; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate website; Globalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649472389     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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