Adaptation, Survival and Growth of the Family Business: an integrated systems perspective Human Relations Vol. 34, No. 3, 1981, pp. 207-224

Family ownership and control are still significant in the majority of business enterprises in the United States. A high percentage of these companies face special problems particularly related to corporate development and transition from an entrepreneurial to a professional management structure. In this paper, we describe a set of processes and mechanisms that define and regulate the interaction between the business and family system.

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Adaptation, Survival, and Growth of the Family Business: An Integrated Systems Perspective

Human Relations ◽

10.1177/001872678103400303 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 207-224 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

Peter Davis ◽

Douglas Stern

Keyword(s):

Family Business ◽

Integrated Systems ◽

Systems Perspective ◽

The Family ◽

Survival And Growth

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Human Resources in the Family Business

10.1057/9781137444271 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

David Ransburg ◽

Wendy Sage-Hayward ◽

Amy M. Schuman

Keyword(s):

Human Resources ◽

Family Business ◽

The Family

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"MOTHER, SHOWING NO SPECIAL AFFECTION FOR YOU, WRITES TO YOU VERY FRIENDLY". COUNT V.A. MUSIN-PUSHKIN'S PRE-WEDDING LETTERS TO HIS BRIDE

RSUH/RGGU Bulletin. "Literary Theory. Linguistics. Cultural Studies" Series ◽

10.28995/2686-7249-2020-10-59-75 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 59-75

Author(s):

Yuliya V. Kim ◽

Keyword(s):

Everyday Life ◽

Family Life ◽

Married Couple ◽

State Archive ◽

Human Relations ◽

Russian State ◽

The Family ◽

The Status ◽

Traditional Patterns ◽

Power Hierarchy

The article presents two letters from V.A. Musin-Pushkin which he wrote to his bride shortly before the wedding in 1828 (the letters are kept in the Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts). The text of the letters reflects the context of the time and everyday life, the system of views and the peculiarities of the worldview of a young aristocrat, the specific features of intra-family interaction in the field of feelings, marriage, human relations which inevitably turn out to be associated with the concepts of the family honor, family duty, the need to preserve the status of a noble family. The author traces how the power hierarchy is manifested at the level of relations within a close circle of relatives, as well as how traditional patterns are combined with new elements. Vladimir Alekseevich Musin-Pushkin, the youngest son of the archaeographer Count A.I. Musin-Pushkin, was arrested in connection with the case of the Decembrists, transferred from the Guards to the army and exiled to serve in Finland, where he met his future wife, Emilia Karlovna Shernval von Wallen. The article provides details of the family life of this married couple, as well as private facts from the biography of some other members of the Musin-Pushkin family.

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Making gender visible in family business: past and present

História Econômica & História de Empresas ◽

10.29182/hehe.v13i1.71 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Paloma Fernández Pérez ◽

Eleanor Hamilton

Keyword(s):

Family Business ◽

Family Firms ◽

Business Leadership ◽

Legal Rules ◽

Developed Economies ◽

The Family ◽

Interdisciplinary Synthesis ◽

Complex Forms ◽

Rules Of The Game

This study contributes to developing our understanding of gender and family business. It draws on studies from the business history and management literatures and provides an interdisciplinary synthesis. It illuminates the role of women and their participation in the entrepreneurial practices of the family and the business. Leadership is introduced as a concept to examine the roles of women and men in family ﬁrms, arguing that concepts used by historians or economists like ownership and management have served to make women ‘invisible’, at least in western developed economies in which owners and managers have been historically due to legal rules of the game men, and minoritarily women. Finally, it explores gender relations and the notion that leadership in family business may take complex forms crafte within constantly changing relationships.

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Informalitas Dalam Formalitas: Sebuah Kajian Budaya Organisasi Perusahaan Keluarga

ETNOSIA Jurnal Etnografi Indonesia ◽

10.31947/etnosia.v3i2.4889 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 200

Author(s):

Hardiyanti Munsi ◽

Ahmad Ismail

Keyword(s):

Cultural Values ◽

Family Business ◽

Participant Observation ◽

National Level ◽

Ideal Types ◽

The Family ◽

Formal Organizations ◽

Religious Aspects ◽

Depth Interviews ◽

Big Men

This article intends to identify and to describe the unique structure and the managing style that owns primordial characteristics, that is giving significance to kinship, religion, and local Bugis cultural values, which made up the cultural system of PT. Hadji Kalla family business. Theoritically, this research was inspired from Weberian perspective on the ideal types of bureaucracy, that observes organizations (in this case is the family business) as one of the socio-cultural phenomena which is neutral and value-free, that is place aside its subjective aspects. The research was conducted in two locations, the head office and one of the branch offices using qualitative approach that relies on participant observation, in-depth interviews, and literature studies. The results of the research shows that the family business of PT. Hadji Kalla that has advanced into national level still prioritizes kinship, ethnicity, and religious aspects in the daily activities of the company. The value even take parts in providing the company’s colour to the urban societies in various districts where the company stands. This means that although the society has undergone transformations, it doesn’t mean that the primordial value, and the elements that exist outside of businesses (such as kinship, big men, religion, cultural values, and interest) do not influence the activities that are held in formal organizations. Therefore, the interventions of subjective aspects will always appear, followed with the application of the modern management system that is implemented by PT. Hadji Kalla company.

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The effects of goals attainment on CEO-owner satisfaction and the role of family involvement

Journal of Family Business Management ◽

10.1108/jfbm-05-2019-0034 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 116-127

Author(s):

Ondřej Machek ◽

Jiří Hnilica

Keyword(s):

Family Involvement ◽

Family Business ◽

Firm Value ◽

Family Firms ◽

Hierarchical Regression ◽

Content Type ◽

Business Goals ◽

Growth Increase ◽

The Family ◽

Owner Satisfaction

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how the satisfaction with economic and non-economic goals achievement is related to the overall satisfaction with the business of the CEO-owner, and whether family involvement moderates this relationship. Design/methodology/approach Based on a survey among 323 CEO-owners of family and non-family businesses operating in the Czech Republic, the authors employ the OLS hierarchical regression analysis and test the moderating effects of family involvement on the relationship between the satisfaction with different goals attainment and the overall satisfaction with the business. Findings The main finding is that family and non-family CEO-owner’s satisfaction does not differ significantly when economic goals (profit maximisation, sales growth, increase in market share or firm value) and firm-oriented non-economic goals (satisfaction of employees, corporate reputation) are being achieved; both classes of goals increase the overall satisfaction with the firm and the family involvement does not strengthen this relationship. However, when it comes to external non-economic goals related to the society or environment, there is a significant and positive moderating effect of family involvement. Originality/value The study contributes to the family business literature. First, to date, most of the studies focused on family business goals have been qualitative, thus not allowing for generalisation of findings. Second, there is a lack of evidence on the ways in which family firms integrate their financial and non-financial goals. Third, the authors contribute to the literature on the determinants of personal satisfaction with the business for CEOs, which has been the focus on a relatively scarce number of studies.

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Owain Westmacott Richards, 31 December 1901 - 10 November 1984

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society ◽

10.1098/rsbm.1987.0019 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 33 ◽

pp. 537-571 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Family Business ◽

Medical Officer ◽

Medical Practices ◽

The Family ◽

University College ◽

Deputy Chairman ◽

University College London ◽

High Standards ◽

The Town

Owain Westmacott Richards was born on 31 December 1901 in Croydon, the second son of Harold Meredith Richards, M.D., and Mary Cecilia Richards ( née Todd). At the time H. M. Richards was Medical Officer of Health for Croydon, a post he held until 1912 when he returned to the town of his birth, Cardiff, as Deputy Chairman of the newly formed Welsh Insurance Commission, the forerunner of the Welsh Board of Health. Owain Richards’s grandfather had a hatter’s business in Cardiff, which had been established by his father, who had migrated to Cardiff from Llanstephan in Carmarthenshire (now Dyfed). This great-grandfather was probably the last Welsh-speaking member of the family; his son discouraged the use of Welsh as ‘unprogressive’ and married a non-Welsh speaking girl from Haverfordwest. Harold Richards, being the youngest son, did not inherit the family business. On leaving school he worked for some years in a shipping firm belonging to a relative. He found this uncongenial and in his late twenties, having decided to become a doctor, he attended classes at the newly founded University College at Cardiff. Passing the Intermediate Examination he entered University College London, qualifying in 1891, taking his M.D. and gaining gold medals in 1892 and 1893. He was elected a Fellow of University College London in 1898. As medical practices had, at that time, either to be purchased or inherited, Harold Richards took a salaried post as Medical Officer of Health for Chesterfield and Dronfield (Derbyshire), soon moving to Croydon. After his work at Cardiff, he transferred, in 1920, to the Ministry of Health in London, responsible for the medical and hospital aspects of the Local Government Act, 1929 (Anon. 1943 a, b ). He retired in 1930 and died in 1943. His obituaries recorded that he was ‘excessively shy and modest’, that he always ‘overworked’ and had markedly high standards (Anon. 1943 a, b ). Such comments would be equally true of Owain.

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