Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the reasons for and outcomes of the rhetoric of disclosures of human capital (HC) management practices and to discuss how disclosures could be changed to be more meaningful and appropriate in practice. Thus, the research question of interest to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine an alternative way by which firms can disclose their intellectual capital to external stakeholders who have an influence on their share price. Design/methodology/approach – The paper shows that, by applying the empirical “event studies”...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use of a critical research perspective in the development of research in the field of intellectual capital (IC) practice. Design/methodology/approach – The paper initiates a reflective discourse about the relevance of contemporary...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a reflective discourse about a particular interventionist research project utilising a critical framework. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses Alvesson and Deetz's tasks of critical research to analyse the application of...