Trust, Firm Life Cycle, and Actual Board Behavior: Evidence from "One of the Lads" in the Board of Three Small Firms

Morten Huse and Alessandro Zattoni

International Studies of Management & Organization, 2008, vol. 38, issue 3, 71-97

Abstract: Processes outside and inside the boardroom and actual board behavior in small firms are investigated in this empirical study where one of the authors was a participant observer. A firm's life-cycle approach was used. The study shows that actual board behavior changes along the life-cycle phases: in the start-up phase, board involvement is in legitimacy tasks; in the growth phase, board's involvement is in advisory tasks; and in the firm crisis stage, the board's involvement is in control tasks. We argue, based on the observations, that boards are empowered to these tasks based on different types of trust relationships between internal actors, external actors, and the board members.

Date: 2008
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