Employee judgments of and behaviors toward corporate social responsibility: A multi-study investigation of direct, cascading, and moderating effects

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 990-1017

  Vlachos, Pavlos A ^a   Panagopoulos, Nikolaos G ^b   Rapp, Adam A ^b  

^a The American College of Greece   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascading effects; Corporate social responsibility; Employees; Leadership style; Middle managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940262550     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1946     Document Type: Article

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