Personal relations and their effect on behavior in an organizational setting: An experimental study

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-253

  Brandts, Jordi ^a   Solà, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Experiments; Family firms; Favoritism; Procedural fairness

Indexed keywords

EID: 74749096197     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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