Empirics in Family Business Research

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Evert ◽  
John A. Martin ◽  
Michael S. McLeod ◽  
G. Tyge Payne
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
Essential Components

Competent research methods and data analysis are essential components for the progression of family business research. To identify and evaluate empirical trends, and make suggestions for future research, we examine 319 empirical articles published in Family Business Review since 1988. These studies are compared with 146 family business research articles published in top-tier journals not dedicated to family business research over the same timeframe. While we substantiate growth in rigor and sophistication, we address specific family business research challenges regarding construct validity, generalizability, causality, temporality, and multilevel issues. Suggestions are provided for future empirical research across six major topical areas.

Family Business Research: A Strategic Reflection

2004 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shaker A. Zahra ◽  
Pramodita Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Strong Preference ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Research Topics ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Oriented Research

As research on family business continues to grow, six key trends have become evident. These trends include a continuing pursuit of a few research topics such as succession, a strong preference for practice-oriented research methods, a tendency to borrow heavily from other disciplines without giving back to these fields, and a strong preference to talk to other researchers conducting research on family firms—failing to communicate with scholars from other disciplines. Therefore, we suggest strategies to expedite the growth of family business research toward better understanding the paradoxes faced by family business managers, deepen insights into the problems they encounter, improve rigor in reported research, find ways to promote a dialog with scholars in sister disciplines, and give back to the disciplines from which we borrow heavily.

Family Business Succession: Suggestions for Future Research

2004 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H. Brockhaus
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Family Management ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Management Succession ◽  
Business Succession ◽  
Family Business Succession

Management succession is a significant moment in a family business's life and an issue that requires analysis from the perspectives of family, management, and ownership systems in order to understand adequately the perspectives of the different stakeholders. In an effort to help improve the quality of the research methodology on this subject, past family business research methodology will be reviewed and critiqued, and some specific recommendations will be presented that can enhance the quality and value of family business research.

Family Business Research in the New Millennium

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart J. Debicki ◽  
Curtis F. Matherne ◽  
Franz W. Kellermanns ◽  
James J. Chrisman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Developmental Trends ◽  
New Millennium

The authors' analysis of 291 family business articles published in 30 management journals between 2001 and 2007 reports the contributions of individual scholars and academic institutions to family business research. To better understand the interrelationships among scholars who have contributed to family business research, a network analysis of coauthor relationships was conducted. The authors also provide a content analysis of the articles and offer suggestions for future research. By analyzing the who, where, and what of family business research, the reasons why the developmental trends have occurred and how the field's momentum can be maintained and directed toward productive ends become clearer.

Logical markers in L1 (Spanish and English) and L2 (English) Business research articles

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Mur Dueñas
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Intercultural Studies ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Specific Discipline ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Academic Genres ◽  
L1 English

A great number of cross-cultural analyses of academic written genres have shown that there are cultural differences in the use of certain rhetorical and metadiscoursal features in texts produced in English and other languages. Intercultural studies of L2 (English) academic texts are more scarce. They tend to point out that these texts occupy a mid-position between those produced in the two L1s. The present research analyses logical markers in L1 research articles (RAs) in Spanish and English and L2 RAs in English in a specific discipline to try to unveil whether the use made of these metadiscoursal features by Spanish scholars in their English RAs resembles that in L1 English or Spanish texts. The use of additive, contrastive and consecutive logical markers is found to be rather different in the English and Spanish RAs and, in turn, their use in the English RAs written by Spanish scholars resembles that in RAs written by Anglo-American peers. Thus, no transfer process seems to occur from L1 (Spanish) RAs into L2 (English) texts. It is hypothesized that some rhetorical and metadiscoursal features may be more likely than others to undergo this transfer in academic genres, a hypothesis which shall be confirmed by future research. The possible reasons for these results are also discussed as well as their pedagogical implications.

Improvisation in general music education – a literature review

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-67
Author(s):  
Christina Larsson ◽  
Eva Georgii-Hemming
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Future Research ◽  
General Music ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Key Features

The overall purpose of this article is to provide a convenient summary of empirical research on improvisation in general music education and thereby provide guidance to researchers and practitioners, using a systematic, narrative-review approach. By analysing 20 music education research articles, published from 2000–2015 in peer-reviewed journals, we firstly provide an overview of the key features and knowledge of existing research. Secondly we identify how improvisation has been characterized, conceptually before, thirdly, describing the implications of the literature for improvisation in practice. Our article reveals that improvisation tends to be an overlooked activity both in music education contexts and in music education research. Broadly speaking, music education research tends to characterise improvisation within two conceptual frameworks, which have different implications for implementation; ‘structured’, teacher-directed improvisation and ‘free’, child-directed improvisation. We conclude by arguing that music educational research on improvisation is an underdeveloped field and outline a number of questions to be addressed in future research.

Research on Technological Innovation in Family Firms

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo De Massis ◽  
Federico Frattini ◽  
Ulrich Lichtenthaler
Keyword(s):  
New Product Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
New Product ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Promising Area

The purpose of this article is to review and systematize prior work on technological innovation in family firms and to open up an agenda to guide future research into this promising area. The study shows that family involvement has direct effects on innovation inputs (e.g., R&D expenditures), activities (e.g., leadership in new product development projects), and outputs (e.g., number of new products), as well as moderating effects on the relationships between these steps of technological innovation. The article uses theories applied in family business research (e.g., agency theory) to discuss opportunities for extending technological innovation frameworks by considering family involvement.

scholarly journals Mentoring in Family Firms: A Reflective Analysis of Senior Executives' Perceptions

1999 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 299-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Boyd ◽  
Nancy Upton ◽  
Michelle Wircenski
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Senior Executives ◽  
Strong Belief ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Practical Tool ◽  
Selection Of

This paper reflectively analyzes 76 family business senior executives' perceptions of their personal experiences of being mentored. Although mentoring in family firms is a common recommendation, there is little empirical research supporting its use or efficacy. The findings from this research reveal that those who were mentored believe it is a vital tool for success. The data indicate a strong belief that the selection of the mentoring technique—formal or informal, performed by a family or nonfamily member—should depend on the parties involved and the situation. The analysis provides family businesses with a practical tool for the selection of appropriate mentoring methodologies. The paper also presents recommendations for future research.

Researching Long-Term Orientation

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith H. Brigham ◽  
G. T. Lumpkin ◽  
G. Tyge Payne ◽  
Miles A. Zachary
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Key Questions

Assumptions about the long-term orientation (LTO) of family firms are common in family business research. Drawing on prior conceptualizations, this article further develops and validates the LTO construct using content analysis techniques on two separate samples of data. Validation comes through empirical analysis of content validity, external validity, dimensionality, and concurrent validity. We find that family firms are higher than nonfamily firms on all three dimensions of LTO. We also discuss how future research can use this now-validated construct to address key questions in family business research, as well as inform the broader business literature.

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