An examination of the impact of organizational downsizing and discrimination activities on corporate social responsibility as measured by a company's reputation index

Management Decision

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 206-216

  Karake, Zeina A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Downsizing; Layoffs; Social responsibility; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986170605     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749810209011     Document Type: Article

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