Longitudinal Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility on Customer Relationships

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 581-597

  Lacey, Russell ^a   Kennett Hensel, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; customer relationships; longitudinal; sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649864846     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0526-x     Document Type: Article

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