Beyond resources: The mediating effect of top management discretion and values on corporate philanthropy

Business and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-187

  Buchholtz, Ann K ^a   Amason, Allen C ^a   Rutherford, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 79958023267     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000765039903800203     Document Type: Article

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