Disclosure responses to mining accidents: South African evidence

Accounting Forum

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 232-246

  Coetzee, Charmaine M ^a   van Staden, Chris J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Mining accidents; Safety disclosure; Social responsibility; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755182923     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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