Conflicts in family firms: The good and the bad

The Sage Handbook of Family Business

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 514-528

  McKee, D'Lisa ^a   Madden, Timothy M ^b   Kellermanns, Franz W ^c   Eddleston, Kimberly A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84952321600     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446247556.n26     Document Type: Chapter

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