Managing Boundaries Through Identity Work: The Role of Individual and Organizational Identity Tactics

Family Business Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 333-355

  Knapp, Joshua R ^a   Smith, Brett R ^b   Kreiner, Glen E ^c   Sundaramurthy, Chamu ^d   Barton, Sidney L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary theory; family business; identity; identity work; organizational identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887506508     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486512474036     Document Type: Article

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