Presentation of personal control in the rhetoric of farm families engaged in business diversification in Finland

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Vesala, Kari Mikko ^a   Peura, Juuso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROL SYSTEM; FAMILY; FARMING SYSTEM; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARKET; MARKETING; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 28144460722     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.36.3.443     Document Type: Review

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