Signaling gender diversity through annual report pictures: A research note on image management

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 609-616

  Bernardi, Richard A ^a   Bean, David F ^b   Weippert, Kristen M ^a  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Company reports; Directors; Equal opportunities; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986052300     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570210441440     Document Type: Article

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