Why Stakeholders Ignore Firm Misconduct: A Cognitive View

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 676-702

  Barnett, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

business case; corporate misconduct; social cognition; social control; stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894740593     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311433854     Document Type: Article

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