Linking environmental activity and environmental disclosure in an organisational change framework

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-24

  Tilt, Carol Ann ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Environmental management; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 50449088015     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325910610654108     Document Type: Article

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