Corporate social responsibility among Saudi Arabian firms: An empirical investigation

Journal of Applied Business Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1049-1058

  Mandurah, Saud ^a   Khatib, Jamal ^b   Al Sabaan, Saleh ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibilities (CSR); CSR activities; Developing countries; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865293324     PISSN: 08927626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19030/jabr.v28i5.7244     Document Type: Article

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