Family dyinamics in a small consultancy firm: A case study

Human Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 395-418

  Ram, Monder ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultants; Family; Gender; Small business; Work relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039252081     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726701544001     Document Type: Article

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