WANTED—Theoretical Contributions: An Editorial on the Pitfalls and Pathways in Family Business Research

The field of family business research is advanced by further examining the validity and reliability of Klein, Astrachan, and Smyrnios’s Family Influence on Power, Experience, and Culture Scale. Data from 831 family businesses are analyzed to assess the measure’s construct validity using exploratory and confirmatory techniques. The hypothesized three-factor model emerged to include culture, power, and experience. Extending the previous effort, the measure’s convergent validity was tested by assessing differences between the measure’s scores and the desires of the senior generation and the commitment of the next generation. Results support an initial level of convergent validity.

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Professional Management in Family Businesses: Toward an Extended Understanding

Family Business Review ◽

10.1111/j.1741-6248.2007.00109.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 51-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 158

Author(s):

Annika Hall ◽

Mattias Nordqvist

Keyword(s):

Cultural Competence ◽

Family Business ◽

Cultural Theory ◽

Business Management ◽

Family Businesses ◽

Business Research ◽

Dominant Meaning ◽

Case Research ◽

Professional Management ◽

Family Membership

Our purpose is to challenge the dominant meaning of professional management in family business research and to suggest an extended understanding of the concept. Based on a review of selected literature on professional management and with insights from cultural theory and symbolic interactionism, we draw on interpretive case research to argue that professional family business management rests on two competencies, formal and cultural, of which only the former is explicitly recognized in current family business literature. We elaborate on the meanings and implications of cultural competence and argue that without it a CEO of a family business is likely to work less effectively, no matter how good the formal qualifications and irrespective of family membership.

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Family Business Research as a Boundary-Spanning Platform

Family Business Review ◽

10.1177/0894486518758712 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 14-31 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Daniel T. Holt ◽

Allison W. Pearson ◽

G. Tyge Payne ◽

Pramodita Sharma

Keyword(s):

Family Business ◽

Boundary Spanning ◽

Business Research

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Conflicts in Family Firms in the International Context: A Literature Review

Journal of Intercultural Management ◽

10.2478/joim-2018-0002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 43-61

Author(s):

Martin Jurek

Keyword(s):

Family Business ◽

Family Firms ◽

Research Question ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Value Added ◽

Life Cycles ◽

Generational Status ◽

Business Research ◽

Screening Criteria ◽

Theoretical Approaches

Abstract Objective: This paper reviews the major family business research papers that address factors related to relationship and work-to-family conflicts. Methodology: The procedure this paper applies follows recommendations for literature reviews by Fink (2010) consisting of: (1) selecting a research question (2) selecting bibliographic or article databases, (3) choosing search terms, (4) applying practical screening criteria, (5) applying methodical screening criteria, (6) doing the review and (7) synthesizing the results. Findings: The article summarizes that, although family business research is progressing in terms of theory building, it continues to lack a systematic adoption of longitudinal, cross-national and multi-theoretical approaches. To date, research on conflict in family firms remains underdeveloped in the CEE. Value Added: Outlining the state of the art of theoretical and empirical studies by applying a resource-based view. Recommendations: Application of control variables, such as size of the business, business life cycles, generational status, type of industry and various cultural settings. Furthermore, the role of communication, sibling rivalry and perceived justice of family members could be investigated more thoroughly.

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Family Business: An Entrepreneurial Longer-Term Perspective

Binus Business Review ◽

10.21512/bbr.v7i1.1428 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 9

Author(s):

Ratna L. Nugroho

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Model ◽

Family Business ◽

Business Case ◽

Business Research ◽

The Family ◽

Business Case Study ◽

The Many

This family business case study is concerned with investigating the issue of the complexity of the many views of the family business research, focusing exclusively on the entrepreneurial concept. In taking this concept, three characteristics were identified in this case study, namely: the attitudes, the skills, and the behavior. Along with these findings, it is suggested that the conceptual model, the so-called “the three circles,” where this three circle has an overlap and identify as a longer-term entrepreneurial perspective within the family-owned enterprise.

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