Financial reporting by New Zealand charities: Finding a way forward

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-83

  Hooper, Keith ^a   Sinclair, Rowena ^a   Hui, Doris ^a   Mataira, Kelvin ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b MANUKAU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accounting; Charities; New Zealand; Non profit organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 49949117622     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900810838173     Document Type: Article

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