The propensity to use incentive compensation for non‐family managers in SME family firms

Journal of Family Business Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-80

  Memili, Esra ^a   Misra, Kaustav ^b   Chang, Erick P C ^c   Chrisman, James J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family business management; Family firms; Family involvement; Incentive compensation; Nonfamily managers; Small to medium hyphen; sized enterprises; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979270450     PISSN: 20436238     EISSN: 20436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20436231311326490     Document Type: Article

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