Franz Willi Kellermanns
Professor
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Recent publications

Economics Group

What’s your reference point?

Stommel, E., Gottschalck, N., Hack, A., Eddleston, K., Kellermanns, F., Kraiczy, N. (accepted pre-print), What’s your reference point? How price volatility and organizational context affect the reference points of family and nonfamily managers, Small Business Economics.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Riar, F. J., Qian, S., Miao, C., Debicki, B. J., Kellermanns, F. (accepted pre-print), Meta-analytic review, synthesis, and directions for the future of entrepreneurial passion research, European Management Journal.

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Economics Group

Gottschalck, N., Branner, K., Rolan, L., Kellermanns, F. (2024), Cross-level effects of entrepreneurial orientation and ambidexterity on the resilience of small business owners, Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 62 (1), pp. 103-139.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Chirico, F., Kellermanns, F. (2024), When does time enhance family firm performance? Examining family generation in control and family control dispersion through a mixed-gamble logic, Long Range Planning, Vol. 57 (1 (#102272)).

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Wilhelm, B., Simarasl, N., Riar, F. J., Kellermanns, F. (2024), Organizational citizenship behavior: understanding interaction effects of psychological ownership and agency systems, Review of Managerial Science, Vol. 18 (1), pp. 1-27.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Yu, X., Meng, X., Stanley, L., Kellermanns, F. (2024), Self-employment and life satisfaction: the contingent role of formal institutions, Small Business Economics, Vol. 63 (1), pp. 135–163.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Phillips, D., Madison, K., Wolf, S., Hack, A., Kellermanns, F. (2024), Signaling the family firm brand in recruitment materials: the role of category-based cognitive processing on applicant attraction, Journal of Business Research, Vol. 183, 114818.

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Economics Group

Gottschalck, N., Rolan, L., Kellermanns, F. (2023), The continuance commitment of family firm CEOs, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 14 (4), 100568.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Jiao, K., Ling, Y., Kellermanns, F. (2023), Does prior experience matter? A meta-analysis of the relationship between prior experience of entrepreneurs and firm performance, Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 61 (6), pp. 2938-2985.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Schell, S., De Groote, J., Richard, S., Hack, A., Kellermanns, F. (2023), The role of affect in the selection of nonfamily top management team members in family businesses, Long Range Planning, Vol. 56 (5), 102288.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Guffler, M., Bertschi-Michel, A., Hack, A., Kellermanns, F. (2023), Family firm ambidexterity: the influence of paradoxical tensions and the entrepreneurial family’s cohesion, The Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 48 (6), pp. 1945–1977.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Cai, L., Gao, X., Ling, Y., Kellermanns, F. (2023), Governments’ new policy frequency and firms’ performance in an emerging industry: the difference between family and non-family firms, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Vol. 19 (4), pp. 1707–1737.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Riar, F., Wiedeler, C., Kammerlander, N., Kellermanns, F. (2022), Venturing motives and venturing types in entrepreneurial families: a corporate entrepreneurship perspective, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 46 (1), pp. 44-81.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Chen, V. Z., Hobdari, B., Kellermanns, F., Sluhan, A. (2022), For love or money? Family versus financial blockholders in international acquisitions, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 30 (2), pp. 140-160.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Lohwasser, T. S., Hoch, F., Kellermanns, F. (2022), Strength in stability: a meta-analysis of family firm performance moderated by institutional stability and regime type, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 46 (1), pp. 117-158.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Xu, F., Kellermanns, F., Jin, L. (2022), Between- and within-person consequences of daily entrepreneurial stressors on discrete emotions in entrepreneurs: the moderating role of personality, Stress & Health, Vol. 38 (3), pp. 568-580.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Darden, B. B., Kellermanns, F., Best, E. L. (2022), Entrepreneurial fear of failure: transgender versus cis-gender entrepreneurs, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Vol. 18, e00332.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Brinkerink, J., De Massis, A., Kellermanns, F. (2022), One finding is no finding: toward a replication culture in family business research, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 13 (4), 100521.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Madison, K., Eddleston, K., Kellermanns, F., Powell, G. (2021), Kinship and gender in family firms: new insights into employees’ organizational citizenship behavior, Family Business Review, Vol. 34 (3), pp. 270-295.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Hernández-Linares, R., Kellermanns, F., Lopez-Fernandez, M. (2021), Dynamic capabilities and SME performance: the moderating effect of market orientation, Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 59 (1), pp. 162-195.

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Economics Group

Gottschalck, N., Günther, C., Kellermanns, F. (2020), For whom are family-owned firms good employers? An exploratory study of the turnover intentions of blue- and white-collar workers in family-owned and non-family-owned firms, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 11 (3), 100281.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Hernández-Linares, R., Kellermanns, F., Lopez-Fernandez, M., Sarkard, S. (2020), The effect of socioemotional wealth on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and family business performance, BRQ Business Research Quarterly, Vol. 23 (3), pp. 174-192.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Michel, A., Ahlers, O., Hack, A., Kellermanns, F. (2020), Who is the king of the hill? on bargaining power in private equity buyouts, Long Range Planning, Vol. 53 (2), 101859.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Simarasl, N., Jiang, D., Kellermanns, F., Debicki, B. (2020), Unmasking the social ghost in the machine: how the need to belong and family business potency affect family firm performance, Family Business Review, Vol. 33 (4), pp. 351-371.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Yu, X., Stanley, L., Li, Y., Eddleston, K., Kellermanns, F. (2020), The invisible hand of evolutionary psychology: the importance of kinship in first-generation family firms, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 44 (1), pp. 134-157.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Tabor, W., Madison, K., Marler, L., Kellermanns, F. (2020), The effects of spiritual leadership in family firms: a conservation of resources perspective, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 163 (4), pp. 729-743.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Xu, F., Kellermanns, F., Jin, L., Xi, J. (2020), Family support as social exchange in entrepreneurship: its moderating impact on entrepreneurial stressors-well-being relationships, Journal of Business Research, Vol. 120, pp. 59-73.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Ge, J., Carney, M., Kellermanns, F. (2019), Who fills institutional voids? entrepreneurs’ utilization of political and family ties in emerging markets, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 43 (6), pp. 1124-1147.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Stanley, L., Hernández-Linares, R., Lopez-Fernandez, M., Kellermanns, F. (2019), A Typology of family firms: an investigation of entrepreneurial orientation and performance, Family Business Review, Vol. 32 (3), pp. 174-194.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Engel, P., Hack, A., Stanley, L., Kellermanns, F. (2019), Voluntary disclosure of individual supervisory board compensation in public family firms, Journal of Business Research, Vol. 101, pp. 362-374.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Williams, R., Pieper, T., Kellermanns, F., Astrachan, J. (2019), Family business goal formation: a literature review and discussion of alternative algorithms, Management Review Quarterly, Vol. 69 (3), pp. 329–349.

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Eddleston, K., Kellermanns, F., Collier, G. (2019), Research on family firm innovation: what do family firms actually think and do? Editors' note, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 10 (4), 100308.

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Economics Group

What’s your reference point?

Stommel, E., Gottschalck, N., Hack, A., Eddleston, K., Kellermanns, F., Kraiczy, N. (accepted pre-print), What’s your reference point? How price volatility and organizational context affect the reference points of family and nonfamily managers, Small Business Economics.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Riar, F. J., Qian, S., Miao, C., Debicki, B. J., Kellermanns, F. (accepted pre-print), Meta-analytic review, synthesis, and directions for the future of entrepreneurial passion research, European Management Journal.

Download
Economics Group

Gottschalck, N., Branner, K., Rolan, L., Kellermanns, F. (2024), Cross-level effects of entrepreneurial orientation and ambidexterity on the resilience of small business owners, Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 62 (1), pp. 103-139.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Chirico, F., Kellermanns, F. (2024), When does time enhance family firm performance? Examining family generation in control and family control dispersion through a mixed-gamble logic, Long Range Planning, Vol. 57 (1 (#102272)).

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Wilhelm, B., Simarasl, N., Riar, F. J., Kellermanns, F. (2024), Organizational citizenship behavior: understanding interaction effects of psychological ownership and agency systems, Review of Managerial Science, Vol. 18 (1), pp. 1-27.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Yu, X., Meng, X., Stanley, L., Kellermanns, F. (2024), Self-employment and life satisfaction: the contingent role of formal institutions, Small Business Economics, Vol. 63 (1), pp. 135–163.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Phillips, D., Madison, K., Wolf, S., Hack, A., Kellermanns, F. (2024), Signaling the family firm brand in recruitment materials: the role of category-based cognitive processing on applicant attraction, Journal of Business Research, Vol. 183, 114818.

Download
Economics Group

Gottschalck, N., Rolan, L., Kellermanns, F. (2023), The continuance commitment of family firm CEOs, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 14 (4), 100568.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Jiao, K., Ling, Y., Kellermanns, F. (2023), Does prior experience matter? A meta-analysis of the relationship between prior experience of entrepreneurs and firm performance, Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 61 (6), pp. 2938-2985.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Schell, S., De Groote, J., Richard, S., Hack, A., Kellermanns, F. (2023), The role of affect in the selection of nonfamily top management team members in family businesses, Long Range Planning, Vol. 56 (5), 102288.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Guffler, M., Bertschi-Michel, A., Hack, A., Kellermanns, F. (2023), Family firm ambidexterity: the influence of paradoxical tensions and the entrepreneurial family’s cohesion, The Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 48 (6), pp. 1945–1977.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Cai, L., Gao, X., Ling, Y., Kellermanns, F. (2023), Governments’ new policy frequency and firms’ performance in an emerging industry: the difference between family and non-family firms, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Vol. 19 (4), pp. 1707–1737.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Riar, F., Wiedeler, C., Kammerlander, N., Kellermanns, F. (2022), Venturing motives and venturing types in entrepreneurial families: a corporate entrepreneurship perspective, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 46 (1), pp. 44-81.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Chen, V. Z., Hobdari, B., Kellermanns, F., Sluhan, A. (2022), For love or money? Family versus financial blockholders in international acquisitions, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Vol. 30 (2), pp. 140-160.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Lohwasser, T. S., Hoch, F., Kellermanns, F. (2022), Strength in stability: a meta-analysis of family firm performance moderated by institutional stability and regime type, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 46 (1), pp. 117-158.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Xu, F., Kellermanns, F., Jin, L. (2022), Between- and within-person consequences of daily entrepreneurial stressors on discrete emotions in entrepreneurs: the moderating role of personality, Stress & Health, Vol. 38 (3), pp. 568-580.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Darden, B. B., Kellermanns, F., Best, E. L. (2022), Entrepreneurial fear of failure: transgender versus cis-gender entrepreneurs, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Vol. 18, e00332.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Brinkerink, J., De Massis, A., Kellermanns, F. (2022), One finding is no finding: toward a replication culture in family business research, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 13 (4), 100521.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Madison, K., Eddleston, K., Kellermanns, F., Powell, G. (2021), Kinship and gender in family firms: new insights into employees’ organizational citizenship behavior, Family Business Review, Vol. 34 (3), pp. 270-295.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Hernández-Linares, R., Kellermanns, F., Lopez-Fernandez, M. (2021), Dynamic capabilities and SME performance: the moderating effect of market orientation, Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 59 (1), pp. 162-195.

Download
Economics Group

Gottschalck, N., Günther, C., Kellermanns, F. (2020), For whom are family-owned firms good employers? An exploratory study of the turnover intentions of blue- and white-collar workers in family-owned and non-family-owned firms, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 11 (3), 100281.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Hernández-Linares, R., Kellermanns, F., Lopez-Fernandez, M., Sarkard, S. (2020), The effect of socioemotional wealth on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and family business performance, BRQ Business Research Quarterly, Vol. 23 (3), pp. 174-192.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Michel, A., Ahlers, O., Hack, A., Kellermanns, F. (2020), Who is the king of the hill? on bargaining power in private equity buyouts, Long Range Planning, Vol. 53 (2), 101859.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Simarasl, N., Jiang, D., Kellermanns, F., Debicki, B. (2020), Unmasking the social ghost in the machine: how the need to belong and family business potency affect family firm performance, Family Business Review, Vol. 33 (4), pp. 351-371.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Yu, X., Stanley, L., Li, Y., Eddleston, K., Kellermanns, F. (2020), The invisible hand of evolutionary psychology: the importance of kinship in first-generation family firms, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 44 (1), pp. 134-157.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Tabor, W., Madison, K., Marler, L., Kellermanns, F. (2020), The effects of spiritual leadership in family firms: a conservation of resources perspective, Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 163 (4), pp. 729-743.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Xu, F., Kellermanns, F., Jin, L., Xi, J. (2020), Family support as social exchange in entrepreneurship: its moderating impact on entrepreneurial stressors-well-being relationships, Journal of Business Research, Vol. 120, pp. 59-73.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Ge, J., Carney, M., Kellermanns, F. (2019), Who fills institutional voids? entrepreneurs’ utilization of political and family ties in emerging markets, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 43 (6), pp. 1124-1147.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Stanley, L., Hernández-Linares, R., Lopez-Fernandez, M., Kellermanns, F. (2019), A Typology of family firms: an investigation of entrepreneurial orientation and performance, Family Business Review, Vol. 32 (3), pp. 174-194.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Engel, P., Hack, A., Stanley, L., Kellermanns, F. (2019), Voluntary disclosure of individual supervisory board compensation in public family firms, Journal of Business Research, Vol. 101, pp. 362-374.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Williams, R., Pieper, T., Kellermanns, F., Astrachan, J. (2019), Family business goal formation: a literature review and discussion of alternative algorithms, Management Review Quarterly, Vol. 69 (3), pp. 329–349.

Download
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group

Eddleston, K., Kellermanns, F., Collier, G. (2019), Research on family firm innovation: what do family firms actually think and do? Editors' note, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 10 (4), 100308.

Download