Ties that blind? how strong ties affect small business owner-managers' perceived trustworthiness of their advisors

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-209

  Kautonen, Teemu ^a   Zolin, Roxanne ^b   Kuckertz, Andreas ^c   Viljamaa, Anmari ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d SEINÄJOKI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Advisors; Entrepreneur; External expertise; Perceived trustworthiness; Small business; Strength of tie; Strong ties; Trust

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ENTREPRENEUR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77950947358     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620903168265     Document Type: Article

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