Family Orientation: Individual-Level Influences on Family Firm Outcomes

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.T. Lumpkin ◽  
Wendy Martin ◽  
Marsha Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
Family Therapy ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Orientation ◽  
Contextual Family

The premise of this article is that to understand how family affects business, the issue of how individual family members relate to the family must also be addressed. To that end, we propose family orientation (FO) to assess the extent to which individuals perceive and value family involvement. Drawing on the family therapy literature, including Bowen's family systems theory and contextual family therapy, we identify and develop five dimensions of FO—tradition, stability, loyalty, trust, and interdependency. We also discuss factors that might affect an individual's FO score, how FO might enhance understanding of other family business processes and practices, and future research directions.

scholarly journals Family Business Orientation: A literature review

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aluisius Hery Pratono ◽  
Maria Felecia Cindy Hutomo
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Orientation ◽  
Individual Family ◽  
Business Orientation

This study aims to discuss the concept of family orientation by addressing the question of how individual family members relate to the family business. This study extends the previous works on entrepreneurial family orientation. Family orientation has five dimensions, such as tradition, trust, loyalty, stability, and interdependency.

Direct and indirect effect of entrepreneurial orientation, family involvement and gender on family business performance

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erny Rachmawati ◽  
Suliyanto ◽  
Agus Suroso
Keyword(s):  
Family Involvement ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis study aims to determine the direct effect of entrepreneurial orientation on family business performance. This study also discusses the role of family involvement as a mediating variable and the role of gender as a moderating variable in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and family business performance.Design/methodology/approachA total of 328 hotels in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, were selected as samples by the convenience sampling method. Primary data is collected through structured questionnaires that are delivered by themselves to key people in the hotel such as owners, directors and key staff (HRD, financial, relationship). Hypotheses are tested by structural equation modeling procedures using AMOS 22.0. Sobel test is used to determine the indirect effect of the mediation variable.FindingsThe results showed that entrepreneurial orientation had no significant effect on family business performance. Family involvement acts as a full mediation in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and family business performance. Gender acts as a moderating variable that can strengthen the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and family business performance. The results showed support for previous research.Research limitations/implicationsThe results of the study cannot conclude the national family business because it adopts convenience sampling and the sampling area is limited in Yogyakarta. Future research can use a larger sample. This study only researches hotels managed by family businesses, so it is not feasible to conclude for family businesses in general. Future research may choose to use several types of family businesses so that more varied results can be obtained. Future research could also compare hotels managed by family businesses with non-family businesses. The results also found that in addition to gender roles, respondent heterogeneity was an important component in the study of social identity. Therefore, research examining the influence of different cultures on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and family business performance should be an extraordinary topic for future study. Other results from this study also indicate that there is a role for religion in improving hotel performance. Future research is needed to further explore Islamic business modeling for family businesses.Practical implicationsThis finding has significant implications that can help family businesses in developing strategies that are suitable for business management. Entrepreneurial orientation occupies a strategic position in developing sustainable competitive advantage in the family business of the tourism sector especially the hotel business in Yogyakarta for the better. Besides, the results of the study also showed that entrepreneurial orientation had no significant effect on performance. This relationship becomes significant when combined with active family involvement. This finding also shows that entrepreneurial orientation has the potential to have a more beneficial effect because of the active involvement of the family in helping with business management, alleviating business-related problems, and having a significant influence when the family also acts as management.Social implicationsResearch findings indicate the role of gender in strengthening the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and family business performance. This provides a good position for women in the social environment to show achievement. To place women on the side of gender equality and justice in the family business in Indonesia. By opening wider access for Indonesian women in the realm of business management, expanding women's participation in a family business, increasing the role of control for women, and increasing women's knowledge and skills to increase the benefits in managing family businesses so that they have sustainable resilience in the face of global competition.Originality/valueThe results of this study provide a new model in providing an overview of the direct and indirect roles (mediating and moderating) in the assessment of family business performance. This study uses three variables which are important in performance appraisal, namely entrepreneurial orientation (independent variable), family involvement (mediating variable) and gender (moderating variable). Where research that combines these four variables, directly and indirectly, has never been done before.

scholarly journals Can Spiritual Ecograms be Utilized in Mental Health Services to Promote Culturally Appropriate Family and Couples Therapy with Indigenous People?

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Native American ◽  
Family Therapy ◽  
Couples Therapy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Native American Culture ◽  
American Psychology ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Family

Research addressing the potential utilization of spiritual ecograms with Indigenous families and children, specified by experienced professional in the field of Native-American psychology, was critiqued and reviewed in order to attend to its influence and applicability regarding the literature of Indigenous family therapy, and how it could be beneficial in therapy with Indigenous families. The literature review presents an effective tool, providing an in-depth exploration of spiritual strengths of the family and or children that incorporates spirituality into techniques commonly used in family therapy practice. Study results (Limb & Hodge, 2011) show that this tool is consistent with Native-American culture (Brucker & Perry, 1998; Green, 2010; Paniagua, 2005; Trujillo, 2000) and highlights many beneficial qualities for its utilization in practice. Limitations and recommendations for future research are also discussed.

scholarly journals The Religious and Spiritual Dimensions of Bowen Family Therapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-85
Author(s):  
Özlem Acar Bulut
Keyword(s):  
Family Therapy ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Bowen Family Systems Theory ◽  
Bowen Family Systems ◽  
The Family ◽  
Counseling And Guidance ◽  
Therapy Studies ◽  
Made In

The topic of spirituality stands out in recent years as being heavily addressed in the field of psychological counseling and guidance. A similar picture also stands out when looked at from the angle of family therapies. When looking at studies made in the field of family therapy, studies addressing the aspect of family spirituality are seen to continue increasing. Bowen’s Family Systems Theory is one of these approaches. Bowen Family Theory handles the family as a system and attempts to solve the individuals’ problems by considering the environment within which they are found. The individual’s surroundings contain many situations, from family to culture, siblings to religious beliefs, from traditions to customs, and from relationships to spirituality. According to Bowen, spirituality is the reflection of the topic of God in relationships, and located foremost within the theory, a spiritual aspect is found in all important concepts, including ego differentiation and triangulations. Encountering religious and spiritual elements is possible in many of the concepts of Bowen Family Systems. This study handles the perspective of spirituality in the Bowen Family Systems Theory as one of the theories of family systems and the place of spirituality within Bowen Family Systems. In this context, first the Bowen Family Systems Theory is briefly introduced, then the study attempts to explain the spiritual dimension of the theory in light of some of its basic concepts. In addition, the Bowen approach is addressed from the Islamic perspective, and a case sample has been presented related to the intervention methods that can be used in this situation.

Trends and Directions in the Development of a Strategic Management Theory of the Family Firm

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 555-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Chrisman ◽  
Jess H. Chua ◽  
Pramodita Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
The Family

This article provides a review of important trends in the strategic management approach to studying family firms: convergence in definitions, accumulating evidence that family involvement may affect performance, and the emergence of agency theory and the resource–based view of the firm as the leading theoretical perspectives. We conclude by discussing directions for future research and other promising approaches to inform the inquiry concerning family business.

Soul and System: The Integrative Possibilities of Family Therapy

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
William H. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Family Therapy ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Relative Paucity ◽  
The Family ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Definition Of

This article presents a review of the interface of family systems theory and therapy with religious, spiritual, or faith perspectives, with particular emphasis on Christian theology and Scripture. A brief review of the literature shows the relative paucity of work in this area to date. It is argued that family therapy is a particularly fertile ground for the integration of theological, religious, and spiritual considerations. Three points of intersection between family systems theory and biblical concepts—context, legacy, and body life—are discussed to illustrate the considerable promise of family systems theory for future integrative work. Implications for practice are discussed within a framework outlining three means of including religion or spirituality in the clinical work of family therapy—as resource, as culture, or as context. Borrowing from the family systems theory emphasis on epistemology, a definition of “second-order integration” is suggested, which may help to clarify the field's “thinking about thinking” about integration.

Family Therapy in the Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa: Theory and Technique

1982 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Lagos
Keyword(s):  
Anorexia Nervosa ◽  
Family Therapy ◽  
Systems Theory ◽  
Family Systems ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Individual Therapy ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Family ◽  
Stabilizing Element

Family systems theory views anorexia nervosa not only as a product of dysfunctional transactional patterns within a family, but also as a crucial stabilizing element within the family. This paper describes the dysfunctional characteristics of anorexic families as well as the relevance of these characteristics to the anorexic symptoms. Two approaches to the treatment of these families, one developed by Minuchin and the other by Selvini Palazzoli, are described and the comparability of family therapy with individual therapy is briefly discussed.

scholarly journals Viewing Family Firm Behavior and Governance Through the Lens of Agency and Stewardship Theories

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Madison ◽  
Daniel T. Holt ◽  
Franz W. Kellermanns ◽  
Annette L. Ranft
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Family Firm ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Stewardship Theory ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual

Agency and stewardship theories are prominent perspectives to examine myriad issues within family firms. Although considered opposing theories, both address the same phenomena: the individual-level behaviors and firm-level governance mechanisms that predict organizational outcomes. Accordingly, we review and synthesize these theories concurrently, using the concepts of behavior and governance as our organizing framework. Our review encompasses 107 family firm articles grounded in agency and/or stewardship theory, published between 2000 and 2014 in 24 journals across several disciplines. Additionally, we identify future research areas that provide scholars opportunities to push theoretical boundaries and offer further insights into the family firm.

Resourcefulness

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-443
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Li ◽  
Anastasia Theisen ◽  
Chanran Seo ◽  
D. Scott Sibley
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Family Systems Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Family ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Definition Of

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the current state of studying resourcefulness among children and families and to propose future research directions. Five domains of studying resourcefulness were discussed in this article; these domains are positive outcomes of being resourceful on family members, definition of resourcefulness, assessments of resourcefulness, factors contributing to children’s resourcefulness, and the programs aimed at increasing resourcefulness. By reviewing findings of the existing studies, this article revealed that resourcefulness is a multifaceted concept that has caused variations in the definitions/emphases from different scholars and the various existing scales testing different facets of the concept. While most of the studies focused on family members, none of them discussed the value of family resourcefulness in their studies. Research findings suggest that both environmental influences and personal characteristics contribute to children’s resourcefulness, which either directly or inexplicitly reflect the notions of family systems theory. Several resourcefulness intervention programs were identified, but these programs were mainly focused on children and socioeconomically disadvantaged families and all serve different purposes. We propose to generate matched programs for either parents or kids to enhance the outcome of these programs in the family settings. Future studies on consolidating the various definitions, scales, and programs on resourcefulness and family resourcefulness, as well as expanding understandings of the internal and external influences that contribute to a family’s resourcefulness from the systemic perspective are needed.

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