To thine own self be true? employees' judgments of the authenticity of their organization's corporate social responsibility program

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-100

  McShane, Lindsay ^a   Cunningham, Peggy ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Corporate social responsibility; Employee perceptions; Interviews; Organizational self; Socially constructed standard

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860890265     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1064-x     Document Type: Article

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