The internet and change in corporate stakeholder engagement and communication strategies on social and environmental performance

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-303

  Adams, Carol A ^a   Frost, Geoffrey R ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication processes; Corporate communications; Corporate governance; Internet; Stakeholder analysis; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993082446     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325910610690090     Document Type: Article

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