Responses to psychological contract violations in the venture capitalist-entrepreneur relationship: An exploratory study

Venture Capital

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 217-242

  Parhankangas, Annaleena ^a   Landström, Hans ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Psychological contract theory; Venture capitalist entrepreneur relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744260516     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369106042000258526     Document Type: Article

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