scholarly journals Hospitality in the image of small family accommodation businesses

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Maciej Dębski ◽  
Łukasz Sułkowski
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Family Accommodation ◽  
Literature Research ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Small Family ◽  
The Family

Small and micro businesses form the largest group of entities offering services to tourists in tourist destinations. A majority of them are family businesses accommodation facilities. The study tests the hypothesis that the family nature of a business offering accommodation services can be a source of real competitive advantage being of significance for a certain group of clients. The advantage can be shaped by creating an image based on the owner’s involvement and hospitality. As the literature research indicated, in the case of the businesses described, it is relatively easy to develop a bond between the facility’s manager and their clients. The deliberations were extended by an empirical study conducted on a group of young people from Poland and Ukraine. Its results have indicated that accommodation services are significant elements of the satisfaction among the clients surveyed, and that in the group surveyed, the key reason for a trip is the intention to “experience and learn” and not comfort. It has also been confirmed that the determinants of accommodation services related to broadly defined hospitality are significant, however, not key in the group analyzed.

Introduction of accounting practices in small family businesses

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esperanza Huerta ◽  
Yanira Petrides ◽  
Denise O’Shaughnessy
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Perceived Competence ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Managerial Accounting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Small Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Small Family Business

Purpose This research investigates the introduction of accounting practices into small family businesses, based on socioemotional wealth theory. Design/methodology/approach A multiple-case study was conducted gathering data through interviews and documents (proprietary and public). The sample included six businesses (five Mexican and one American) from different manufacturing and service industries. Findings It was found that, although owners control the implementation of accounting practices, others (including family employees, non-family employees and external experts) at times propose practices. The owner’s control can be relaxed, or even eliminated, as the result of proposals from some family employees. However, the degree of influence of family employees is not linked to the closeness of the family relationship, but rather to the owners’ perceived competence of the family employee, indicating an interaction between competence and experience on one side, and family ties on the other. Research limitations/implications First, the owners chose which documentary data to provide and who was accessible for interviews, potentially biasing findings. Second, the degree of influence family employees can exert might change over time. Third, the study included a limited number of interviews, which can increase the risk of bias. Finally, all firms studied were still managed by the founder. It is possible that small family businesses that have undergone a succession process might incorporate accounting practices differently. Practical implications Organizations promoting the implementation of managerial accounting practices should be aware that, in addition to the owner, some family employees and external experts could influence business practices. Accountants already providing accounting services to small family business are also a good source for proposing managerial accounting practices Originality/value This study contributes to theory in four ways. First, it expands socioemotional theory to include the perceived competence of the family employee as a potential moderator in the decision-making process. Second, it categorizes the actors who can influence managerial accounting practices in small family businesses. Third, it further refines the role of these actors, based on their degree of influence. Fourth, it proposes a model that describes the introduction of managerial accounting practices in small family business.

Family accommodation in pediatric body dysmorphic disorder: A qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-336
Author(s):  
Amita D. Jassi ◽  
Aysha Baloch ◽  
Kike Thomas-Smith ◽  
Angela Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Body Dysmorphic Disorder ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Financial Burden ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Family Accommodation ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Family

Family accommodation (FA) is significant in a range of disorders, yet it has never been explored in body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). Interviews were conducted with five young people with BDD, five parents, and five clinicians to explore the types, impact, and purpose of FA in BDD. Every participant reported significant FA of BDD, and the types reported were broadly similar to those found in other disorders. Reassurance giving/seeking and engagement in rituals were the two most common forms of FA reported with funding products being the third. Unsurprisingly, the driver for FA was to reduce the young person's distress and risk. Every participant commented on the negative impact FA had, including the financial burden, social implications, emotional well-being of family members, relationships, and conflict within the family, yet all young people also thought there were positive aspects to FA. Findings are discussed in the context of the limitations of this study.

Wives' Voices: Unequal Reward Distribution in Small Family Businesses

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine C.H. Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Business Survival ◽  
Strong Incentive ◽  
Important Family ◽  
Small Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Resource ◽  
Economic Necessity

AbstractWomen incorporate their labour in the family businesses owned by their husbands. Their labour is an important family resource for business survival but they do not reap the benefits proportional to their contributions. Most of them are resigned to the objective gender inequalities. Economic necessity, the absence of viable alternatives and the ideology of women's roles make their compliance inevitable. The enhancement of economic and social status resulting from their incorporation also provides a strong incentive for their continued cooperation.

Work group support as an undervalued resource of small family businesses

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Royer ◽  
Lisa Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Work Group ◽  
Specific Aspect ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Group Support ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Small Family

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose advances for developing our understandings of valuable resources in small family firms. The focus is on group support behavior within firms. It is proposed that this behavior is unique and valuable within small family firms. Propositions are presented that are built upon previous work in psychology and family business research and is linked to the concept of familiness. Design/methodology/approach Two small family businesses are the two cases used to investigate the propositions. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the owner/manager and several other staff within each firm. Findings The paper presents evidence for the propositions, showing that work group support is unique in family firms as it is based on factors beyond the workplace. These relationships have the potential to be strong, contributing positively to the firm’s competitive advantage. Research limitations/implications Two in-depth case studies of firms are included in this investigation. They are in a similar industry and location. As the findings are similar it lends weight to the evidence for the propositions; however, care should be taken with generalizing to other firms in other industries. Originality/value This research pulls together previous evidence and understandings and applies them to a specific aspect of small family firms that has not previously been examined in depth. The increased understanding can help family firms leverage their unique competitive advantage.

scholarly journals Owners’ integrity, customers’ relation, and focused attitude as strategiies as family business sustainability and growth: an empirical study

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Tampil Purba ◽  
Jacob Donald Tan
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Total Employment ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
The Family ◽  
Business Cases ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Asian Development Bank Institute reported that the contribution of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to the Indonesian GDP is 57.8% and the contribution to total employment is 97.2%. MSMEs in Indonesia are almost owned by families. According to Family Firm Institute in 2016, 72% of all businesses in Indonesia’s private sector are run by family businesses, and while most of the MSMEs started out as family businesses, many successful entrepreneurs come from family business background.  This empirical study is based on 3 family business cases that have been expanding in terms of its sales and operations throughout more than 10 years. The method used in this study is qualitative research by exploring the strategic management to sustain the family businesses through owners’ integrity, customers’ relations, and focused attitude in their vocations.  As the family businesses are currently in transition of passing the torch to the next generation, their sustaining strategies have to be extended.

scholarly journals Radiografía Económico-Financiera de las pequeñas empresas familiares españolas

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Terrón Ibáñez ◽  
María Elena Gómez-Miranda ◽  
María del Mar Miras Rodríguez ◽  
Lázaro Rodríguez Ariza
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
External Financing ◽  
Financial Indicators ◽  
Small Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
National Economic ◽  
A Company

The aim of this study is to determine whether there are statistically significant differences between small Spanish companies according to their family or non-family nature, in terms of their main economic and financial indicators. The study data analysed correspond to the years 2003, 2007 and 2013, which enabled us to examine whether the characteristics observed and any differences between these companies persisted during a period featuring three different economic scenarios. The study sample was composed of 21,192 small family firms and 4,449 small non-family firms. The results obtained show that, regardless of the national economic situation, there were statistically significant differences between the two types of companies for certain economic and financial indicators. We conclude that the family nature of a company has a negative impact on productivity, the number of employees and levels of investment and turnover. Moreover, family firms face higher costs of external financing than do non-family businesses. En el presente trabajo se analiza, en primer lugar, si existen diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre las pequeñas empresas familiares y no familiares españolas en relación a sus principales indicadores económico-financieros. Se estudian datos referidos a los años 2003, 2007 y 2013, lo que nos permite analizar si las posibles diferencias se mantienen en tres escenarios económicos distintos, para 21192 pequeñas empresas familiares y 4449 pequeñas empresas no familiares. Las conclusiones obtenidas demuestran que, con independencia de la situación económica nacional, entre ambos tipos de empresas se han detectado diferencias estadísticamente significativas en el valor determinados indicadores económico-financieros. Concluimos que es el carácter familiar de las organizaciones el factor que afecta negativamente a la productividad de las organizaciones, al número de trabajadores, a la inversión y a la cifra de negocios. En cuanto al coste de la financiación ajena, las empresas familiares presentan valores más elevados que las empresas no familiares.

Youth Development in Europe

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katariina Salmela-Aro ◽  
Ingrid Schoon
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Reciprocal Interactions ◽  
The Family ◽  
Key Players

A series of six papers on “Youth Development in Europe: Transitions and Identities” has now been published in the European Psychologist throughout 2008 and 2009. The papers aim to make a conceptual contribution to the increasingly important area of productive youth development by focusing on variations and changes in the transition to adulthood and emerging identities. The papers address different aspects of an integrative framework for the study of reciprocal multiple person-environment interactions shaping the pathways to adulthood in the contexts of the family, the school, and social relationships with peers and significant others. Interactions between these key players are shaped by their embeddedness in varied neighborhoods and communities, institutional regulations, and social policies, which in turn are influenced by the wider sociohistorical and cultural context. Young people are active agents, and their development is shaped through reciprocal interactions with these contexts; thus, the developing individual both influences and is influenced by those contexts. Relationship quality and engagement in interactions appears to be a fruitful avenue for a better understanding of how young people adjust to and tackle development to productive adulthood.

Quality of Life (QOL) of Balinese Women Working in Spa Tourism Industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Putu Sucita Yanthy ◽  
Luh Gede Leli Kusuma Dewi ◽  
W. Citra Juwitasari
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Interesting Phenomenon ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The Family ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Material Factor

Bali is one of spa tourist destinations having various categories of spas and spa treatments, and the most important is the spa therapists. Spa development becomes an interesting phenomenon to be studied when it is associated with an involvement of Balinese women as spa therapists in foreign countries. The world’s demand for Balinese spa therapists has become the motivation of women to work in this area. The work and life of Balinese spa therapists while they are working in foreign countries serve as parameters to know their quality of life, and these parameters are also the main focus of this study. Through in-depth interviews and questionnaires distributed to 20 therapists it was found out that 85 percent of them have revealed an improvement in their quality of life that is influenced by two factors: the material and intimacy factors. The material factor in question refers to the economic improvement of the family as they could earn enough income to cover their family needs. The intimacy factor in question refers to closeness and a sense of solidarity fostered while they are working abroad and the relationship within the family. This study concludes that the most important part of the development of spa in Bali is its female Balinese spa therapists due to the image that Balinese women working as spa therapists are loyal, hard-working and honest making them in demand among tourists who are seeking spa treatments. Being a spa therapist can improve their quality of life, which means that subjectively both material and intimacy factors are the aspects that affect the quality of life of the Balinese spa therapists.

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