Media legitimacy and corporate environmental communication

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-27

  Aerts, Walter ^a   Cormier, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 56949091998     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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