Implications of Family Business Employment for Employees’ Innovative Work Involvement

Family Business Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 123-144

  Bammens, Yannick ^a   Notelaers, Guy ^b   Van Gils, Anita ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

family business; innovation; perceived organizational support; work motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930749236     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486513520615     Document Type: Article

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