Search results for "Family Business"
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"Omassa firmassa ei tunteja lasketa" : psykologinen omistajuus ja työnilo matkailun perheyrittäjien kertomana
2013
Women behind the Scenes in Family Businesses
2007
The success of family businesses is largely due to a circular relationship in which three intangible factors enhance each other: love for the family business, trust among different business factors, and freedom of behaviour for family members (Gallo et al., 2001). These values are the cornerstone on which family members base their commitment to the business. But how can family members of advanced generations, especially those who are not active in the business, become more committed to the success of the family business? And are there gender-specific roles, as the literature on this subject seems to indicate? The research outlined in this document seeks to enlarge the current pool of knowle…
Valta perheyrittäjänaisten subjektiivisena kokemuksena
2013
Kognitiivinen tunnearvioteoria ja psykologinen hyväksyminen organisaatiomuutoksen kohtaamisessa
2015
Family Business Reputation: A Literature Review and Some Research Questions
2010
Although there is a heightened interest in the concept of corporate reputation, only a limited number of studies have been done in the literature. Moreover, the methodological debate of these studies does not reach a sufficient level as well. However, the concept of reputation has affluent dimensions. Especially the organizational context, in which the reputation concept is discussed, is an important methodological issue. In this study corporate reputation has been discussed in terms of family businesses. First, some characteristics of family businesses have been emphasized. Next, some research questions that aimed to explore the meaning of reputation concept for family businesses have been…
Understanding family shareholders in family firms : an exploration of the role of family dynamics in the development of family shareholders' behaviou…
2013
The Case Study in Family Business : An Analysis of Current Research Practices and Recommendations
2016
In this study, we identified and analyzed 75 articles in the family business (FB) literature between 2000 and 2014 as to the case study design they adopted. We found that the positivistic case study approach is the FB disciplinary convention. The two alternative approaches of critical realism and interpretivism are used to a significantly lesser extent. We anticipate that in the future the positivistic approach will continue to be used widely. The other two approaches can be employed to a higher extent since their use is likely to contribute to a scientific pluralism in FB case study research.
Understanding family dynasty: Nurturing the corporate identity across generations
2010
This study aims to analyse the Ahlstrom annual reports. The content analysis contributes to family business corporate identity. According to the results family business corporate identity is based both on history and on the future. Human resource management, customer relationships, high quality, and also family ownership reflect corporate identity in large family corporations. Modern family business corporate identity is based on continuously developing the business concept and its core competency. Meeting the needs of customers and technical quality standards combined with upgrading and developing the business idea characterises family business corporate identity. peerReviewed
A Family Dimension in SME Owner-Managers Ownership Profiles A Psychological Ownership Perspective
2008
This paper introduces a contextual model of ownership that consists of social, action and object dimensions. We build on business ownership and family business literatures as well as that of the psychology of ownership to analyze small business owner-managers’ ownership profiles. In the empirical section we show that distinct ownership profiles can be identified and that those owner-managers who view their business as a family business have distinct profiles from those of non-family business owners. Our analysis shows that family business profiles include care-taking, stewardship and continuity as well as a perception of the company as a tool for achieving other valuable things in the world…
Case Studies in Family Business Research
2012
Based on a review of 63 case studies from the family business field, the authors emphasize the potential of critical realist case studies for family business scholars. The review revealed that the positivistic case study introduced by Yin and Eisenhardt is the disciplinary convention of family business field. Since there are several events and mechanisms underspinning social phenomena, such as succession, they need to be both explanained (erklären, matching the positivist view) and understood (verstehen, matching the constructivist/interpretive view) which is the staring point of critical realism (Bhaskar, 1998; Sayer, 1992). Hence critical realis ontology can be very fruitful for future st…