We use a social exchange perspective to review family firm succession literature owing to its fit with the multiphase, multistakeholder nature of the process. We searched the history of 34 journals, finding 88 published or forthcoming articles that quantitatively examined succession. We consider the primary phases of the management succession process (ground rules, successor development, and transition) and the relevant stakeholder exchanges occurring during each phase, including exchanges between incumbents and successors, within family boundaries, and across family boundaries. We contribute to the family firm succession literature by identifying how a social exchange perspective can help guide future research. Strategic Organization.2. A majority of the studies identified (112 of the 191) were published in Family Business Review. 3. Lee et al. (2003) identify a third type of transition, the "seat-warmer" strategy where a nonfamily CEO assumes power temporarily until the family successor is ready to take over.

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