Motivating socially responsive decision making: The operation of management controls in a socially responsive organisation

British Accounting Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-196

  Norris, Gweneth ^a   O'Dwyer, Brendan ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Corporate social performance; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate social responsiveness; Decision making; Management controls

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942591959     PISSN: 08908389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bar.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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