Corporate social responsibility in Europe: What role for organised labour?

Remaking Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 404-427

  Haunschild, Axel ^a   Matten, Dirk ^b   Preuss, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84926950018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511753800.019     Document Type: Chapter

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