Photographs and accountability: Cracking the codes of an NGO

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-158

  Davison, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Communication; Non governmental organizations; Photographs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847358725     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570710731236     Document Type: Article

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