Role conflicts of family members in family firms

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 143-151

  Memili, Esra ^a   Chang, Erick P C ^b   Kellermanns, Franz W ^c,d   Welsh, Dianne H B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collective efficacy; Family firms; Reciprocal altruism; Role conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917740540     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2013.839549     Document Type: Article

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