Recent developments in social and environmental accounting research

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 286-305

  Eugénio, Teresa ^a   Costa Lourenço, Isabel ^b   Morais, Ana Isabel ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Research; Research methods; Social accounting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992943383     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471111011051775     Document Type: Review

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