Corporate perceptions of web-based environmental communication: An exploratory study into companies in the Australian minerals industry

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-88

  Lodhia, Sumit K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Communication technologies; Communications; Environmental management; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993063398     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325910610654135     Document Type: Article

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