Reading ease of bilingual annual reports

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 394-413

  Courtis, John K ^a,b   Hassan, Salleh ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

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EID: 23744492714     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002194360203900401     Document Type: Article

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