Stakeholder Expectation of Corporate Social Responsibility Practices: A Study on Local and Multinational Corporations in Kazakhstan

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 168-181

  Mahmood, Monowar ^a   Humphrey, Janet ^a  

^a KIMEP UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

CSR expectations; Kazakhstan; Stakeholder engagements; Sustainable economic development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877599634     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1283     Document Type: Article

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