... Narratives Perception Financial performance 1. linking (coordination, i.e. adding simple plots to one another so they fit; and 2. embedding (subordination, i.e. setting one plot inside the other) (Todorov, 1977). For at least three decades (1950s‐1980s) the attitude of social sciences...

... positivistic studies which seek an association between environmental and financial performance, the paper aims to use the richness of a case study methodology to gain a deeper understanding of how environmental concerns are handled and what outcomes in terms of environmental and economic performance...

...Mark A. Clatworthy; Michael John Jones Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of financial performance on the textual characteristics of the chairman's statement. In particular, given the increased motives for poorly performing management to engage in impression management...

...Vanessa Magness Purpose The objective of this paper is to test Ullmann's hypothesis that strategy posture, modified by financial performance, must be considered in light of stakeholder power in order to understand a company's social responsibility disclosure policy. Design/methodology/approach...

... associated with financial performance, reinforcing the argument that such unaudited disclosures contain important information. The results have implications both for the form and content of future narrative disclosures by management. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Content analysis Corporate communications...