The financial effects of uniform and mixed corporate social performance

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 898-925

  Oikonomou, Ioannis ^a   Brooks, Chris ^a   Pavelin, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate reputation; Corporate social performance; Corporate social responsibility; Social judgment theory; Strategic consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905566211     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12064     Document Type: Article

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