Exploring corporate responsibility in Oman - Social expectations and practice

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 326-339

  Minnee, Flora ^a   Shanka, Tekle ^a   Taylor, Ruth ^a   Handley, Brian ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Emerging market and transitional economies; Oman; Sustainable development; Transnational and multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883099258     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-02-2012-0018     Document Type: Article

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