Managing for performance: corporate responsibility and internal stakeholders

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 141-153

  Ahmad, S Jaseem ^a   O’Regan, Nicholas ^a   Ghobadian, Abby ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility; employee participation; internal stakeholders; organisational performance; SMEs; strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149092837     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijbpm.2003.003260     Document Type: Article

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