Employee training in SMEs: Effect of size and firm type - Family and nonfamily

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-238

  Kotey, Bernice ^a   Folker, Cathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

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EID: 33947274091     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2007.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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