Employee rights protection and financial performance

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1861-1869

  Lee, Peter K C ^a   Lau, Antonio K W ^a   Cheng, T C E ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Corporate social responsibility; Empirical study; Employee rights; Manufacturing industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878643052     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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