Do Family Firms Have Better Reputations Than Non-Family Firms? An Integration of Socioemotional Wealth and Social Identity Theories

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 337-360

  Deephouse, David L ^a   Jaskiewicz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate reputation; Family firms; Social identity theory; Socioemotional wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876444710     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12015     Document Type: Article

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