The social construction of global corporate citizenship: Sustainability reports of automotive corporations

Journal of World Business

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-133

  Shinkle, George A ^a   Spencer, J William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical discourse analysis; Global corporate citizenship; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755187360     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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