Corporate governance and environmental reporting: An Australian study

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 944-956

  Gibson, Kathy ^b   O'Donovan, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Annual reports; Environmental reporting; Governance; Legitimacy; Political economy; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748911834     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00615.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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