Taming Wicked Problems: The Role of Framing in the Construction of Corporate Social Responsibility

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 299-329

  Reinecke, Juliane ^a   Ansari, Shaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict minerals; Congo; Frames; Human rights; Political CSR; Private regulation; Social movements; Transnational governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930077431     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12137     Document Type: Article

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