The bad seed's poisonous harvest: How offspring sow and reap deviant and dysfunctional behavior in the family business

Understanding Family Businesses: Undiscovered Approaches, Unique Perspectives, and Neglected Topics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 95-114

  Eddleston, Kimberly A ^a   Kidwell, Roland E ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0911-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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