Conflicts in family firms: state of the art and perspectives for future research

Journal of Family Business Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-153

  Frank, Hermann ^a   Kessler, Alexander ^b   Nosé , Lavinia ^a   Suchy, Daniela ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conflict management; Family; Family business management; Family firms; Organizational conflict; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884325037     PISSN: 20436238     EISSN: 20436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20436231111167219     Document Type: Article

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