Corporate Stakeholder Orientation in an Emerging Country Context: A Longitudinal Cross Industry Analysis

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 701-719

  Jain, Tanusree ^a,c   Aguilera, Ruth V ^b,d   Jamali, Dima ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Corporate stakeholder orientation (CSO); Emerging country; Industry CSR; Institutional theory; Mandatory CSR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959514469     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-016-3074-1     Document Type: Article

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