Consultation and communication in family businesses in Great Britain

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1424-1444

  Harris, Richard I D ^a   Reid, Renee S ^b   McAdam, Rodney ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee involvement; Family owned firms; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144273106     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000258011     Document Type: Article

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