Online Communication of Corporate Social Responsibility by Hotels and Guest Satisfactionthe Case of the Balearic and Canary Islands

  1. Beatriz Guzmán Pérez
  2. María Carmen Moreno Perdigón
  3. Teodoro Ravelo Mesa
  4. Mercedes Melchior Navarro
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Ramon Llull journal of applied ethics

ISSN: 2013-8393

Year of publication: 2020

Issue: 11

Pages: 137-179

Type: Article

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