ABSTRACT

Family rm research has seen an exponential growth in output, quality and topics studies (e.g.,  Debicki, Matherne, Kellermanns, & Chrisman, 2009). Despite the youth of the eld, growing academic interest has been documented through the publication of annotated bibliographies (e.g, De Massis, Sharma, Chua, & Chrisman, 2012; Hoy & Laranchini, 2014), reection pieces (Sharma, Chrisman, & E. Gersick, 2012), literature reviews (e.g., Gedajlovic, Carney, Chrisman, & Kellermanns, 2012), meta-analyses (e.g., Carney, Essen, Gedajlovic, & Heugens, 2014; O’Boyle, Pollack, & Rutherford, 2012) and edited volumes (e.g., Melin, Nordqvist, & Sharma, 2013).