An economic industry and institutional level of analysis of corporate social responsibility communication

Management Communication Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 529-551

  O'Connor, Amy ^a   Shumate, Michelle ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; economic industry analysis; institutional theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958459075     PISSN: 08933189     EISSN: 15526798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0893318909358747     Document Type: Article

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