The Effect of Ownership Structure on Corporate Social Responsibility: Empirical Evidence from Korea

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-297

  Oh, Won Yong ^a   Chang, Young Kyun ^a   Martynov, Aleksey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Korea; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80155213868     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0912-z     Document Type: Article

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