Financial Decision Making in Family Firms: An Adaptation of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Family Business Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 307-327

  Koropp, Christian ^a   Kellermanns, Franz W ^b,c   Grichnik, Dietmar ^a   Stanley, Laura ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

family firms; family norms; financial attitudes; financial decision making; theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911090273     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486514522483     Document Type: Article

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