Table 4

Disciplinary perspectives and theories

Disciplinary perspectiveTheoryExplanations of narrative disclosuresConcepts
EconomicsAgency theoryIncremental information 
IMPRESSION MANAGEMENTReporting bias
Critical perspectiveCritical theoriesIMPRESSION MANAGEMENTRetrospective rationality and accounting rhetoric
SociologyLegitimacy theory
Stakeholder theory
Institutional theory
IMPRESSION MANAGEMENTSymbolic management
Social and cognitive psychologyAttribution theoryIMPRESSION MANAGEMENTSelf-serving bias
HubrisManagerial overconfidence
Retrospective sense-makingAccountability
Source(s): Adapted from Figure 1 in Merkl-Davies and Brennan (2011) 

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