A model to study the organizational culture of the family firm

Small Business Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-64

  Vallejo, Manuel Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Family firm; Group dynamics; Learning theory; Neoinstitutionalism; Organizational culture; Transformational leadership; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650246213     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9175-9     Document Type: Article

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