The reality of management development in SMEs

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 290-306

  Coetzer, Alan ^a   Battisti, Martina ^b   Jurado, Tanya ^c   Massey, Claire ^b,d  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d New Zealand Centre for SME Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Management development; New Zealand; Owner manager; Small and medium enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955111788     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2011.17.3.290     Document Type: Article

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