Corporate social responsibility: What are the top three Orlando theme parks reporting?

Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-337

  Holcomb, Judy ^a   Okumus, Fevzi ^a   Bilgihan, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Employees; Hospitality management; Sustainable development; Theme parks; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878844232     PISSN: 17554217     EISSN: 17554225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554211011052230     Document Type: Article

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