Effects of conflict styles and conflict severity on quality of life of men and women in family businesses

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-286

  Danes, Sharon M ^a   Leichtentritt, Ronit D ^b   Metz, Michael E ^a,c   Huddleston Casas, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Meta Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Conflict style; Family business; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042226335     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009485301715     Document Type: Article

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