Gender, ethnicity and identity work in the family business

European Journal of International Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 160-178

  Aygören, Huriye ^a   Nordqvist, Mattias ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cased study; Ethnicity; Family business; Gender; Identity; Identity work; Interpretive approach; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924498789     PISSN: 17516757     EISSN: 17516765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2015.067857     Document Type: Article

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