Preference in Presentation or Impression Management: A Comparison Study between Chairmen’s Statements of the Most and Least Profitable Australian Companies

The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent of impression management in corporate annual reports in an Australian context. To contribute to this topic, a research question is investigated: do the most profitable Australian companies, assessed by percentage change in profit before tax, org...

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Main Authors: Zilan Cen, Rongchang Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Wollongong 2014-09-01
Series:Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal
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Online Access:http://ro.uow.edu.au/aabfj/vol8/iss3/2