Impact of assurance and assurer's professional affiliation on financial analysts' assessment of credibility of corporate social responsibility information

Auditing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-254

  Pflugrath, Gary ^a   Roebuck, Peter ^a   Simnett, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assurance; Benefits of assurance; Corporate social responsibility; Credibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052224166     PISSN: 02780380     EISSN: 15587991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/ajpt-10047     Document Type: Article

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