Sensemaking, rhetoric and the socially competent entrepreneur

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-42

  Holt, Robin ^a   Macpherson, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Narrative; Rhetoric; Sensemaking; Small firm; Social competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749097278     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242609350822     Document Type: Article

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