Corporate Social Disclosures by Indonesian Listed Companies: A Pilot Study

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 26-34

  Gunawan, Juniati ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Indonesia; Information disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993082548     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471110710835554     Document Type: Article

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