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The following projects are undertaken in the research area of Corporate Communication and Voluntary Disclosure

Clarity in Corporate Communication: A Comparision of Narrative Characteristics and Graph Use in Concise Versus Full Annual Reports (Staff)

 Members: Sue Hrasky , Bernadette Smith
This study compares the characteristics of narrative disclosures and the relative use of graphs in the annual reports of full and concise reports.

A multi-modal Goffmanian analysis of impression management in the annual reports of listed Australian companies (Doctorate)

 Members: Sue Hrasky , Sue Hrasky
A multi-modal Goffmanian analysis of impression management in the annual reports of listed Australian companies

Characteristics of CEO letters in the annual reports of high- and low-performance companies: comparisons of readability and metadiscourse use (Staff)

 Members: Sue Hrasky , Debbie Wills
This study utilises an impression management perspective to compare the readability of CEO letters and the relative use in those letters of metadiscourse makers that promote textual clarity across a sample of high and low performance companies

An analysis of legitimation and impression management strategies utilised by newly listed companies in their first annual report (Staff)

 Members: Sue Hrasky
The reporting strategies of newly listed companies (IPO firms) and those with a long listing history (established companies) are compared to identify the tactics used y IPO firms to gain legitimacy and establish their credibility and reputation

An analysis of the photo-portrayal of stereotypical minority groups in US corporate annual reports (Staff)

 Members: Sue Hrasky
An analysis of how various minority groups are portrayed photographically in annual reports in an attempt to uncover values with regard to the nature of power and social relationship structures that are implicit in the way in which photographed subjects are framed and presented