The nature of NGO accountability: Motives, mechanisms and practice

Sustainability Accounting and Accountability

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 285-306

  O'Dwyer, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84911070426     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203815281     Document Type: Chapter

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