Stress in business relationships

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-22

  Holmlund Rytkönen, Maria ^a   Strandvik, Tore ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Channel relationships; Critical incident technique; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844363455     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620510576757     Document Type: Article

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