Retail cooperatives: Group size, group identification, communication frequency and relationship effectiveness

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-60

  Stoel, Leslie ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group dynamics; Internal communications; Retailing; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947156390     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550210415257     Document Type: Article

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