Corporate social responsibility disclosure and its relation on institutional ownership: Evidence from public listed companies in Malaysia

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 591-613

  Saleh, Mustaruddin ^a   Zulkifli, Norhayah ^b   Muhamad, Rusnah ^b  

^a TANJUNGPURA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Disclosure; Malaysia; Public ownership; Stock exchanges

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954227229     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686901011054881     Document Type: Article

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