The transacting cognitions of nonfamily employees in the family businesses setting

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 533-551

  Mitchell, Ronald K ^a,b   Morse, Eric A ^a,b   Sharma, Pramodita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Family business; Family business systems; Nonfamily employees; Transaction cognition theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041989813     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(03)00059-4     Document Type: Article

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