Corporate social responsibility and firm performance in the airline industry: The moderating role of oil prices

Tourism Management

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-30

  Lee, Seoki ^a   Seo, Kwanglim ^b   Sharma, Amit ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Airlines; Corporate social responsibility; Firm performance; Moderating effect of oil prices; Non operation related CSR; Operation related CSR

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; OIL TRADE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875265754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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