Feuding families: The management of conflict in family firms

Handbook of Research on Family Business

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 358-368

  Kellermanns, Franz W ^a   Eddleston, Kimberly A ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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