The family climate scales - Development of a new measure for use in family business research

Family Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-246

  Björnberg, Åsa ^a   Nicholson, Nigel ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547756958     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2007.00098.x     Document Type: Article

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