The Effect of Organizational Characteristics on the Appointment of Nonfamily Managers in Private Family Firms: The Moderating Role of Socioemotional Wealth

Family Business Review

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 104-122

  Vandekerkhof, Pieter ^a   Steijvers, Tensie ^a   Hendriks, Walter ^a   Voordeckers, Wim ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

expertise; Nonfamily managers; organizational characteristics; socioemotional wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930688350     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486513514274     Document Type: Article

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