Humanistic corporate community involvement: Walgreens/MEF One-On-One program

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 582-593

  Melé, Domènec ^a   Mammoser, Thomas L ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b Midtown Educational Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Corporate social responsibility; Humanism; Non government organizations; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958747123     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711111135189     Document Type: Article

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