The importance of personal characteristics in franchisee selection

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-142

  Clarkin, John E ^a   Swavely, Steven M ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b FM Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Franchising; Psychological profiling; Selection processes

Indexed keywords

RECRUITMENT;

EID: 31644438943     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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