Fusing family and firm: Employee perceptions of perceived homophily, organizational justice, organizational identification, and organizational commitment in family businesses

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 210-223

  Carmon, Anna F ^a   Miller, Amy N ^b   Raile, Amber N W ^b   Roers, Michelle M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANFORD HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Family business; Homophily; Informational justice; Interpersonal justice; Organizational commitment; Organizational identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649250290     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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