Individual Competencies for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Literature and Practice Perspective

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 233-252

  Osagie, E R ^a   Wesselink, R ^a   Blok, V ^a   Lans, T ^a   Mulder, M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competencies; Corporate social responsibility; CSR manager; Interview; Sustainable development; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912571058     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2469-0     Document Type: Article

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