Missed opportunities of employee involvement in CSR partnerships

Corporate Reputation Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-105

  Seitanidi, Maria May ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Cross sector social partnerships; CSR implementation; Nonprofit t organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650792442     PISSN: 13633589     EISSN: 14791889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/crr.2009.7     Document Type: Article

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