Conflict theory is used to develop a theoretical model concerning the effects of task, process, and relationship conflict in family firms.The model developed adds to understanding of conflict, including the issues raised by the overlap of control and management, and the presence of family...

Do family firms benefit more from a regional or a global geographic scope? We suggest it depends on their family leadership type – family vs non-family leadership. We offer a nuanced view of agency and stewardship theories to hypothesize that family leaders are most beneficial when pursuing a...

Integrating the family embeddedness perspective with research on commensality and family meals, we develop a framework that explains why some families are more likely to fuel entrepreneurship than others. Inspired by the diversity literature and the role of the Chinese Confucian culture in...