Corporate Public Affairs: Commitment, Resources, and Structure

Business & Society

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 196-220

  Griffin, Jennifer J ^a   Dunn, Paul ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

corporate public affairs; institutional theory; public affairs departments; resource dependence theory; senior management commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993811103     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650304266277     Document Type: Article

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