The Development of Successors From Followers to Leaders in Small Family Firms: An Exploratory Study

Family Business Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-124

  Cater III, John James ^a   Justis, Robert T ^b  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

development; family business; leadership; succession; successors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952475155     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486508327822     Document Type: Article

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