Consumer Support for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): The Role of Religion and Values

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 61-72

  Ramasamy, Bala ^a   Yeung, Matthew C H ^b   Au, Alan K M ^b  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; Hong Kong; religiosity; Singapore; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957936448     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0568-0     Document Type: Article

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