CSR and the national institutional context: The case of South Korea

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2581-2591

  Kim, Chung Hee ^a   Amaeshi, Kenneth ^b,d,e   Harris, Simon ^b   Suh, Chang Jin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d PAN ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Institutional perspectives; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883777868     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.05.015     Document Type: Article

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