Are we family and are we treated as family? Nonfamily employees' perceptions of justice in the family firm

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 837-854

  Barnett, Tim ^a   Kellermanns, Franz W ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750609009     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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