Ethics in the family firm: Cohesion through reciprocity and exchange

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-308

  Long, Rebecca G ^a   Mathews, K Michael ^a  

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EID: 79955735759     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq201121217     Document Type: Article

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