Corporate Social Reporting: A Rebuttal of Legitimacy Theory

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 19, Issue 76, 1989, Pages 343-352

  Guthrie, James ^a   Parker, Lee D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84954797210     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: 21594260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.1989.9728863     Document Type: Article

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