Feeling Good by Doing Good: Employee CSR-Induced Attributions, Job Satisfaction, and the Role of Charismatic Leadership

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 577-588

  Vlachos, Pavlos A ^a   Panagopoulos, Nikolaos G ^b   Rapp, Adam A ^c  

^a The American College of Greece   (Greece)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution theory; Charismatic leadership; Corporate social responsibility; Employees; Motives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888848722     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1590-1     Document Type: Article

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