Retiring from the family business: The role of goal adjustment capacities

Family Business Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-304

  Gagnè, Marylène ^a   Wrosch, Carsten ^b   de Pontet, Stephanie Brun ^c  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c The Family Business Consulting Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

family business succession; goal disengagement; goal reengagement; retirement; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755165176     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486511410688     Document Type: Article

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