Responsibilities, recession and the tourism sector: Perspectives on CSR among low-fares airlines during the economic downturn in the UK

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 519-536

  Coles, Tim ^a   Fenclova, Emily ^a   Dinan, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Low fares airlines; Recession; Tourism; Travel; UK

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; SOCIAL WORK; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960866393     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2010.544719     Document Type: Article

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