The use of the Guttman scale in development of a family orientation index for small-to-medium-sized firms

Family Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-56

  Uhlaner, Lorraine M ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33745223451     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2005.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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