The portrayal of gender in annual reports in Thailand

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-78

  Kuasirikun, Nooch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual reports; Gender; Habermas; Photographs; Social perception; Thailand; Visual communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650514597     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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