Political Ideologies of CEOs: The Influence of Executives' Values on Corporate Social Responsibility

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-232

  Chin, M K ^a   Hambrick, Donald C ^a   Treviño, Linda K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chief executive officers; corporate social responsibility; PAC allocations; political ideology; top management; values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887281658     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839213486984     Document Type: Article

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