Rationality, traditionalism and the state of corporate governance mechanisms: Illustrations from a less-developed country

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1026-1051

  Uddin, Shahzad ^a   Choudhury, Jamal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Corporate governance; Developing countries; Management accountability

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949116064     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570810907465     Document Type: Article

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