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The management of a merchant company required well-trained and competent staff. For this reason, merchants placed great importance on the training and recruitment of their employees, favouring family ties and geographical origin. The content of the training as well as the permanent control over the...

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Main Authors: Ingrid Houssaye Michienzi, Agnès Pallini-Martin
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Centre de Recherches Historiques 2022-04-01
Series:L'Atelier du CRH
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/acrh/25518
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Summary:The management of a merchant company required well-trained and competent staff. For this reason, merchants placed great importance on the training and recruitment of their employees, favouring family ties and geographical origin. The content of the training as well as the permanent control over the actions of the employees guaranteed the smooth running of the economic activities. Through the case studies of two Tuscan companies specialised in large-scale trade, Datini and Salviati, our article highlights the processes of professionalisation of merchants as they appear in accounting documentation and correspondence
ISSN:1760-7914