Toward a theory of stakeholder salience in family firms

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-255

  Mitchell, Ronald K ^a   Agle, Bradley R ^a   Chrisman, James J ^a   Spence, Laura J ^a  

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EID: 79955738631     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq201121215     Document Type: Article

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