Small-Business Owner-Managers' Perceptions of Business Ethics and CSR-Related Concepts

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-453

  Fassin, Yves ^a   Van Rossem, Annick ^b   Buelens, Marc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HOGESCHOOL UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

business ethics; cognition; corporate governance; corporate social respon sibility; entrepreneur; family business; perception; Repertory Grid Technique; sensemaking; small business; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751570890     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0586-y     Document Type: Article

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