Examining Family Firm Succession From a Social Exchange Perspective: A Multiphase, Multistakeholder Review

Family Business Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 44-64

  Daspit, Joshua J ^a   Holt, Daniel T ^a   Chrisman, James J ^a,b   Long, Rebecca G ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

family firm; review; social exchange; succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957824385     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894486515599688     Document Type: Article

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