Friendship within Entrepreneurial Teams and its Association with Team and Venture Performance

By Deborah Francis, William R. Sandberg. 2000

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Subfields: Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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The Adolescence of Family Firm Research (2012, unknown): “In a similar vein, Francis and Sandberg (2000) indicated that managers are more likely to remain committed to a lower-performing venture when there are strong affective bonds among members of the entrepreneurial team.”
Entrepreneurial Team Cognition: A Review (2015, unknown): “Francis and Sandberg (2000) propose that friendship facilitates team formation and enhances decision-making processes.”
Entrepreneurship and well-being: The role of psychological autonomy, competence, and relatedness (2019, background): “, 2003), which can lead to the forming of deep friendships that can ease feelings of social isolation (Francis and Sandberg, 2000).”
Supporting rural entrepreneurship: a review of conceptual developments from research to practice (2014, background): “Furthermore, rural communities, due to their geographical isolation and low population density, impede face-to-face interactions that are important for innovation and entrepreneurial survival (Francis & Sandberg, 2000; Lichtenstein, 1992).”
Exit Strategies in Family Firms: How Socioemotional Wealth Drives the Threshold of Performance (2013, unknown): “For example, Francis and Sandberg (2000) indicate that managers are more likely to remain committed to a lower performing venture in the long run when affective bonds among members of the entrepreneurial team are stronger.”
The “heart” of entrepreneurship: The impact of entrepreneurial action on health and health on entrepreneurial action (2015, background): “, 2003) and thereby can develop strong friendships that alleviate feelings of loneliness (Deborah and William, 2000).”
Demographic diversity for building an effective entrepreneurial team: is it important? (2005, background): “Although relatively limited, an emerging body of literature in entrepreneurship has started focusing on the team-level issues (Ensley et al., 2002; Frances and Sandberg, 2000; McGrath et al., 1994, 1995, 1996; Higashide and Birley, 2002; Lechler, 2001; Watson et al., 1995).”