Twitter and its usage for dialogic stakeholder communication by MNCs and NGOs

Critical Studies on Corporate Responsibility, Governance and Sustainability

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 283-310

  Inauen, Sarah ^a   Schoeneborn, Dennis ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Corporate communication; Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Deliberation; Legitimacy; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896520283     PISSN: 20439059     EISSN: 20439067     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2043-9059(2014)0000006019     Document Type: Article

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