TY - GEN AU - Stamm, Isabell SN - 0894-4865 AU - Stamm, Isabell LA - eng CN - ENP-9863ac86-0cee-4d00-83de-20c4eb09a458 TI - Book review: Psychological ownership in family businesses: three essays on antecedents and consequences PY - 2012 AB - What does it mean to own a family business? We know that ownership means a legal relationship between the owner and his or her possession. The owner is in command of the business, has the duty to care, and has the privilege to draw profits. However, ownership may be emotionally charged and develop a symbolic meaning. In his theory of predecessorpersonal objects (Breuer, 2009, p. 12). Throughout the life course, the relevance and meaning of the personal object for the owner varies: Objects may gain, lose, or change their identificatory potential. At different points in time (life stage, age), the way they will be perceived, connoted, and cherished alters (Breuer, 2009). ER -