Media pressures and corporate disclosure of social responsibility performance information: A study of two global clothing and sports retail companies

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-148

  Islam, Muhammad Azizul ^a   Deegan, Craig ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Developing country; Legitimacy; Media agenda; Multinational buying company; Social and environmental disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959378508     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: 21594260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2010.9663388     Document Type: Article

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