Narrative disclosure of intellectual capital: A "structurational" analysis

Management Research News

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 518-537

  Dumay, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication management; Information disclosure; Intellectual capital; Narratives; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149091143     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170810876080     Document Type: Article

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