The relationship between socioemotional and financial wealth: Re-visiting family firm decision making

Management Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 215-233

  Martin, Geoffrey ^a   Gomez Mejia, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Family firm; Financial wealth; Socioemotional wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029578886     PISSN: 15365433     EISSN: 15580946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MRJIAM-02-2016-0638     Document Type: Article

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