Using Ownership as an Incentive: Does the "Too Many Chiefs" Rule Apply in Entrepreneurial Firms?

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 438-460

  Welbourne, Theresa M ^a   Cyr, Linda A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0033485235     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601199244003     Document Type: Article

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