New horizons in CSP and employee/employer relationship: Challenges and risks of corporate weblogs

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-303

  Cortini, Michela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate and employees weblog; CSR and CSP; Doocing; Stakeholder perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349995293     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10672-009-9129-z     Document Type: Article

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