Environmental disclosure management: A constructivist case

Management Decision

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1117-1136

  da Rosa, Fabricia Silva ^a   Ensslin, Sandra Rolim ^a   Ensslin, Leonardo ^a   Lunkes, Rogério Joao ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental disclosure; Environmental information management; Environmental management; Performance assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863491258     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741211238364     Document Type: Article

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