Beginning's end: How founders psychologically disengage from their organizations

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1605-1629

  Rouse, Elizabeth D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990948217     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.1219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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