The Effects of Goal Orientation and Client Feedback on the Adaptive Behaviors of Family Enterprise Advisors

Family Business Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 215-234

  Davis, Walter D ^a   Dibrell, Clay ^a   Craig, Justin B ^b   Green, Judy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Family Firm Institute Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

family enterprise advisors; feedback quality; goal orientation; individual innovative behavior; personal bricolage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881606193     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486513484351     Document Type: Article

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