Synergy of corporate social responsibility and service quality for airlines: The moderating role of carrier type

Journal of Air Transport Management

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-134

  Seo, Kwanglim ^a   Moon, Joonho ^b   Lee, Seoki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84930634980     PISSN: 09696997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2015.05.011     Document Type: Article

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