Table 5.

Classification of articles research method and data sources

Research method/data sourceNo. of articles%
Document analysis6358
Sustainability reports39 62
Annual reports20 31
Other reports (i.e. BOD report, CPD report)7 11
Non-report sources (database scores, Web page, announcements)6 95
Archival data2422
Survey1110
Case study109
Interviews98
Experiment11
Ethnography11
119*
Note(s):

*11 studies used multiple methods (i.e. interview + survey, interview + document analysis) and 20 articles in which document analyses were conducted used multiple sources to collect data (e.g. annual reports and sustainability reports). The percentages are relative to the total sample of 108 for research methodcategories and 63 for the source document categories

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