Goodness Comes From Within: Intra-organizational Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility

Business and Society

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 483-516

  Thauer, Christian R ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

asset specificity; automotive industry; corporate social responsibility; global governance; South Africa; textile industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871462629     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650313475770     Document Type: Article

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