New deal for old? Exploring the psychological contract in a small firm environment

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-443

  Nadin, Sara ^a   Cassell, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee relations; New deal; Owner managers; Psychological contract; Qualitative interviews; SMEs; Template analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547117159     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242607078587     Document Type: Article

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