How Lead Founder Personality Affects New Venture Performance: The Mediating Role of Team Conflict

Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1825-1854

  de Jong, Ad ^a   Song, Michael ^b,c   Song, Lisa Z ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

founding TMT; lead founder personality; task and relationship conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885102473     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206311407509     Document Type: Article

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