Conflict management strategies used by successful family businesses

Family Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 325-340

  Sorenson, Ritch L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958054559     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.1999.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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