Generous in victory? American managerial autonomy, labour relations and the invention of Corporate Social Responsibility

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-84

  Marens, Richard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Corporate social responsibility; Industrial relations; Management; Managerial history; Trade unions; Varieties of

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755178236     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwr024     Document Type: Article

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