Culturally Embedded Organizational Learning for Global Responsibility

Business and Society

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 652-683

  Berthoin Antal, Ariane ^a   Sobczak, André ^b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b AUDENCIA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Brazil; corporate social responsibility; global responsibility; national and corporate culture; organizational learning; youth unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910024300     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 15524205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650313476673     Document Type: Article

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