Corporate social responsibility in small-and medium-size enterprises: Investigating employee engagement in fair trade companies

Business Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-139

  Davies, Iain A ^a   Crane, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 78651380582     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8608.2010.01586.x     Document Type: Article

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