Corporate Social Responsibility and the Operationalization Challenge for Global Tourism Organizations

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 487-499

  Smith, Russell Arthur ^a   Ong, Jackie Lei Tin ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Jackie Ong Planning Associates   (Singapore)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; operationalization; policy implementation; stakeholder; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929046549     PISSN: 10941665     EISSN: 17416507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10941665.2014.918555     Document Type: Article

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