Relationship building in small firms: The development of a model

Human Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 577-616

  Chell, Elizabeth ^a,b,c   Tracey, Paul ^d,e  

^a Department of Entrepreneurship ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First Line Manager; Interpersonal effectiveness; Leadership; Owner Manager; Relationship building; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944487468     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726705055964     Document Type: Article

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