CSR practices and consumer perceptions

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1839-1851

  Öberseder, Magdalena ^a   Schlegelmilch, Bodo B ^b   Murphy, Patrick E ^c  

^a GFK Austria ^*  (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Corporate ethics; Corporate social responsibility; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878659907     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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