When do Non-Family CEOs Outperform in Family Firms? Agency and Behavioural Agency Perspectives

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 547-572

  Miller, Danny ^a   Le Breton Miller, Isabelle ^a   Minichilli, Alessandro ^b   Corbetta, Guido ^b   Pittino, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Co leadership; Family firms; Non family CEOs; Ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898843546     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12076     Document Type: Article

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