Corporate social disclosure by banks and finance companies: Malaysian evidence

Corporate Ownership and Control

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 118-130

  Hamid, Fathilatul Zakimi Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Corporate social disclosure; Corporate social responsibility; Legitimacy theory; Voluntary disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746624536     PISSN: 17279232     EISSN: 18103057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cocv1i4p10     Document Type: Article

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