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Original Articles

Learning apart or together? The relationships of the social interdependence orientation and social competence of owner-managers with their social learning behaviour and firm performance within a Korean small-business context

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Pages 29-47 | Received 06 Nov 2020, Accepted 23 Jan 2022, Published online: 25 Feb 2022

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