Seeds of hope? Exploring business actors’ diverse understandings of sustainable development

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 671-705

  Byrch, Christine ^a   Milne, Markus ^a   Morgan, Richard ^b   Kearins, Kate ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agonistic debate; Business; Pluralism; Q methodology; Sustainability; Sustainability accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938487155     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AAAJ-08-2013-1438     Document Type: Article

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