When family members are also business owners: Is entrepreneurship good for families?

Family Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 472-489

  Jennings, Jennifer E ^a   Breitkreuz, Rhonda S ^b   James, Albert E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business ownership; Entrepreneurship; Family business; Family well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884297421     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fare.12013     Document Type: Article

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