...) it identifies the “Legitimacy Inertia” phenomenon in mature family firms; (2) it provides empirical evidence of the “Tokenism” trap in GCC board diversity and (3) it validates the dynamic nature of SEW, showing it is not a static trait but evolves with the firm’s lifecycle. Naser Abughazaleh can...

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