CSR in Japanese Companies: Perspectives from Managers

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 678-687

  Eweje, Gabriel ^a   Sakaki, Mina ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Meiji University   (Japan)

Author keywords

CSR; CSR practices and initiatives; Diversity in the workplace; Japanese business; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABILITY; WORKPLACE;

JAPAN;

EID: 84947430527     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1894     Document Type: Article

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