Beyond the family firm: Reasserting the influence of the family institutional logic across organizations

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 39 Part B, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-98

  Fairclough, Samantha ^a   Micelotta, Evelyn R ^a  

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Author keywords

Institutional logics; Italy; Logics of family; Professional service firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991090467     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2013)0039AB016     Document Type: Chapter

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