'It's just like a family' - Shared values in the family firm

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-158

  Haugh, H M ^a   Mckee, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family; Organisational culture; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344444306     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800302541     Document Type: Article

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