We use a social exchange perspective to review family firm succession literature owing to its
fit with the multiphase, multistakeholder nature of the process. We searched the history of 34 …

Based on a review of 217 refereed articles on family business studies, the literature is
organized according to its focus on individual, interpersonal or group, organizational, and …

Gender in management is a widely studied topic. Since business families are social units
and gender-based discrimination is entrenched in the social system, family firms are more …

Personal and motivational patterns of intentional founders have been researched in great
depth; however, antecedents to career choices of intentional successors have been …

Family businesses represent 80% of global business structures, but the low rate of
successful transgenerational succession can have drastic implications for employees and …

This study maps and analyzes the scientific research networks of family business
succession. We examine coauthors' activities in terms of not only productivity but also their …

This article provides a review of important trends in the strategic management approach to
studying family firms: convergence in definitions, accumulating evidence that family …

This article reviews research on women's involvement in family firms according to a drivers-
behaviors-outcomes framework. Through a systematic review, we analyze and organize the …

Given that less than 10% of family owned businesses (FOBs) survive into the third
generation, the issue of top executive succession has received a good deal of attention …

Although research on management succession is a dominant topic in the family business
literature, little systematic attention has been given to the factors that prevent intra-family …