Strategic Silence: Withholding Certification Status as a Hypocrisy Avoidance Tactic

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 130-169

  Carlos, W Chad ^a   Lewis, Ben W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

certification; hypocrisy; impression management; nonmarket strategy; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041611213     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839217695089     Document Type: Article

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