Whose story is it anyway?: Narrative accounts of the role of women in founding and establishing family businesses

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-271

  Hamilton, Eleanor ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterprise discourse; Entrepreneurial identity; Family business; Gender; Leadership; Narratives; Small enterprise; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646379979     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242606063432     Document Type: Article

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