The impact of CEO characteristics on corporate sustainable development

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 234-244

  Huang, Shihping Kevin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CEO characteristics; Corporate social performance; Corporate social responsibility; CSR performance; CSR ranking; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880722269     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1295     Document Type: Article

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