Psychological ownership in small family-owned businesses: Leadership style and nonfamily-employees' work attitudes and behaviors

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-384

  Bernhard, Fabian ^a   O'Driscoll, Michael P ^b  

^a OMNES Education   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Family business; leadership style; nonfamily employees; psychological ownership; role behaviors; work attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955741649     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601111402684     Document Type: Article

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