Social responsibility and the olympic games: The mediating role of consumer attributions

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 659-680

  Walker, Matthew ^a   Heere, Bob ^b   Parent, Milena M ^c   Drane, Dan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer attributions; mediation; Olympic Games; social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955773058     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0445-x     Document Type: Article

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