Corporate social reporting in the European context and human resource disclosures: An analysis of finnish companies

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-354

  Vuontisjärvi, Taru ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

European union; Finland; HR reporting; Human resource management; Social reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751117487     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9094-5     Document Type: Article

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