Owner commitment and relational governance in the privately-held firm: An empirical study

Small Business Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-293

  Uhlaner, Lorraine M ^a   Floren, Roberto H ^b   Geerlings, Jurgen R ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MESA Family Business Consultants ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Owner commitment; Relational governance; Social exchange theory; Social identity theory; Stewardship theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548066994     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-006-9009-y     Document Type: Article

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