Coupling Family Business Research with Organization Studies: Interpretations, Issues and Insights. Issue 6 (June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salvato, Carlo; Chirico, Francesco; Melin, Leif; Seidl, David
• Other Names: Chirico Francesco guest-editor.; Melin Leif guest-editor.; Salvato Carlo guest-editor.; Seidl David guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Organization studies. Volume 40:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 775
• Page End: 791
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Subjects: family firm -- family generations -- family identity -- family management -- family ownership -- organization studies; Organizational sociology -- Periodicals; Organizational behavior -- Periodicals; Organization -- Periodicals; 302.35
• DOI: 10.1177/0170840619841402
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0170-8406

Abstract

Family-controlled firms are the most widespread form of business organization, but they have so far attracted limited attention from organizational scholars. The present work suggests that coupling research on family business organizations with organization studies will substantially benefit both areas of scholarly research. We explore how the five core defining features of family firms – ownership, management and governance, transgenerational intention, generational involvement and perceived identity – may be illuminated by extant research in organization studies, and how, in turn, organizational studies may be extended by investigating its key themes in the empirical context of family firms.