Annual general meetings-rituals of closure or ideal speech situations? A dual analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-190

  Catasús, Bino ^a   Johed, Gustav ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accountability; Accounting; Actor network theory; Annual general meetings; Corporate governance; Dual analyses; Ideal speech situation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247877785     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2006.10.009     Document Type: Article

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