Doing what they say or saying what they do? Australian organisations' signals of performance and attitudes

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-75

  Devinney, Tim ^a   Kabanoff, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Investment behaviour; Regional focus; Text analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007674134     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/031289629902400104     Document Type: Article

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