Family ties and emotions: A missing piece in the knowledge transfer puzzle

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 418-436

  Trevinyo Rodríguez, Rosa Nelly ^a   Bontis, Nick ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Family firms; Knowledge sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956073472     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001011068716     Document Type: Article

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