Expanding the study of organizational behaviour in family business: Adapting team theory to explore family firms

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 657-664

  Pearson, Allison W ^a   Bergiel, Erich ^b   Barnett, Tim ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family business; Groups; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902867258     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2014.911174     Document Type: Article

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