Are Family Firms Better Employers? A question that has attracted considerable attention is whether family firms are better employers than non-family firms. This issue is critical because over 90% of firms world-wide are family owned and over 60% of employees globally...
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Robert M. Wiseman is a professor of strategic management in the Management department, Broad College of Business. Dr. Wiseman's research interests include modeling strategic decision making under uncertainty, strategic risk management, and the role of risk in executive compensation. He is the recipient of the Withrow Teacher-Scholar and Lewis Quality Awards from the Broad College, four Professor of Excellence awards from the Broad College Weekend MBA program. He has served as the chair of the Management Department, and as the Sr. Associate Dean of the Broad College. He is member of the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society where he served as chair of the Corporate Strategy and Governance interest group. His research has earned several awards including a best paper award from the Research Methods Division of the Academy of Management. He has published over 40 articles and chapters appearing in the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, the Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations. His work has been summarized in the Harvard Business Review and Wall Street Journal.
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