The dynamics of families in business: How therapists can help in ways consultants don't

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-468

  Rodriguez, Sonya Nance ^c   Hildreth, Gladys J ^a   Mancuso, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Ctr for Entrepreneurial Management   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family firm; Family owned business; Interpersonal dynamics; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033473326     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021671020586     Document Type: Article

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