The development and structural confirmation of an instrument for measuring the social responsibility of small and micro business in the African context

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 450-463

  Yao Dzansi, Dennis ^a   Pretorius, Marius ^b  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Corporate social responsibility; Customer orientation; Employees; Social responsibility; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993037973     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471110910995320     Document Type: Review

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