Gendering CSR in the Arab Middle East: An institutional perspective

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-38

  Karam, Charlotte M ^a   Jamali, Dima ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Arab Middle East; Arab spring; Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Deinstitutionalization; Gender institution; Institutional change; Institutional work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880437442     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq20132312     Document Type: Review

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