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Research Articles

Does Oil and Goodwill Mix?: Examining the Oil and Gas Industry’s Impact on Stakeholder Engagement on Facebook

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Pages 192-208 | Received 13 Oct 2017, Accepted 06 Nov 2018, Published online: 13 Dec 2018

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