The effects of family versus career role salience on the performance of family and nonfamily firms

Family Business Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-52

  Barnett, Tim ^a   Eddleston, Kimberly ^b   Kellermanns, Franz Willi ^a,c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Career role salience; Family role salience; Social identity theory; Work family relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877915926     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486508328814     Document Type: Article

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