Red, blue, and purple firms: Organizational political ideology and corporate social responsibility

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1018-1040

  Gupta, Abhinav ^a   Briscoe, Forrest ^b   Hambrick, Donald C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO; corporate social responsibility; political ideology; stakeholder view; top management teams

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); EXTERNAL PRESSURES; HUMAN CAPITALS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES; POLITICAL PARTIES; STAKEHOLDER VIEW; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 85017137845     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2550     Document Type: Article

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