Corporate Commitment to Sustainability - Is it All Hot Air? An Australian Review of the Linkage between Executive Pay and Sustainable Performance

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 384-397

  Deegan, Craig ^a   Islam, Muhammad Azizul ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84871582086     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2012.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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