Human agents, contexts, and institutional change: The decline of family in the leadership of business groups

Organization Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 124-142

  Chung, Chi Nien ^a   Luo, Xiaowei ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Business groups; Emerging economies; Family leadership; Human agents; Institutional change; Institutional theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349182008     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0272     Document Type: Article

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