Charity shop managers in the UK: Becoming more professional?

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 259-268

  Parsons, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charity retail; Charity shops; Management; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; RETAILING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 3042651222     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6989(03)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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