Transmitting the entrepreneurial spirit to the work team in SMEs: The importance of leadership

Management Decision

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1102-1122

  Soriano, Domingo Ribeiro ^a   Martínez, José Manuel Comeche ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Leadership; Small to medium sized enterprises; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547193219     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740710773934     Document Type: Article

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