Development of a socioemotional wealth importance (SEWi) scale for family firm research

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-57

  Debicki, Bart J ^a   Kellermanns, Franz W ^b,d   Chrisman, James J ^c,e   Pearson, Allison W ^c   Spencer, Barbara A ^c  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family firm; Scale development; Socioemotional wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959552922     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2016.01.002     Document Type: Article

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