The Value of Corporate Philanthropy During Times of Crisis: The Sensegiving Effect of Employee Involvement

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-220

  Muller, Alan ^a   Kräussl, Roman ^b  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

corporate philanthropy; employee involvement; firm value; Hurricane Katrina; sensegiving

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027956631     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0861-6     Document Type: Article

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