Labor-Friendly Corporate Practices: Is What is Good for Employees Good for Shareholders?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-27

  Faleye, Olubunmi ^a   Trahan, Emery A ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agency theory; corporate social responsibility; employee stakeholders; stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959603491     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0705-9     Document Type: Article

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