Why do corporate actors engage in pro-social behaviour? A Bourdieusian perspective on corporate social responsibility

Organization

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-371

  van Aaken, Dominik ^a   Splitter, Violetta ^b   Seidl, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; corporate social responsibility; instrumental approach; interplay between economic and non economic motives; political approach; power; practice theory; pro social behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876213705     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508413478312     Document Type: Article

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