Board role performance and faultlines in family firms: The moderating role of formal board evaluation

Journal of Family Business Strategy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 249-259

  Vandebeek, Alana ^a   Voordeckers, Wim ^a   Lambrechts, Frank ^a   Huybrechts, Jolien ^b  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Board composition; Board evaluation; Board processes; Family firms; Faultlines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999838241     PISSN: 18778585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfbs.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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