Corporate Social Responsibility as an Organizational Attractiveness for Prospective Public Relations Practitioners

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 639-653

  Kim, Soo Yeon ^a   Park, Hyojung ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; organizational attractiveness; person organization fit; prospective public relations practitioner

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053927898     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0886-x     Document Type: Article

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