Journal of Family Business Management
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Managing a Gen-Z workforce – what family firms need to know: a perspectives article
Mare Stevanovski, Likun (David) Zhan, Michael MustafaThis paper highlights the opportunities and challenges for family firms in managing Generation Z (Gen-Z) employees. This perspective article explores several considerations for…
Corporate entrepreneurship and family businesses: a perspective article
Cris Bravo MongeFamily businesses play a pivotal role in the world’s economy, contributing to 70% of its GDP. Their success in the current environment demands the enactment of entrepreneurial and…
The role of in-laws in family business continuity: a perspective
John RossoThe purpose is to provide a brief summary on the current research development regarding the role of in-laws in family firms’ continuity. Additionally, I provide a perspective on…
Psychological ownership in family firms: a perspective article
Ana Lucia Caicedo-Leitón, Lucia Garcés-Galdeano, Martin Larraza-KintanaThis article explores psychological ownership (PO) in family firms (FFs); its impact on interpersonal relationships, attitudes and behaviors within the organization; and its…
Internal communication and family business: a perspective article
Annika Baumgart, Robin Bell, Ria WiidFamily businesses require internal communication (IC) to guide and provide direction, and the unique nature of involving both family and nonfamily employees add complexity…
Money education in the business family: a perspective article
Anneleen Michiels, Claudia Binz AstrachanThe primary aim is to renew academic discourse on financial education in business families. It emphasizes the need for effective financial literacy programs to foster a healthier…
Regional development and family business: a perspective article
Rodrigo BascoThis perspective article aims to summarise the understanding of the link between regional development and family business and explore potential pathways for further investigations.
Entrepreneurial resilience (ER) and family business: a perspective article
Börje Boers, Anders Billström, Danilo BrozovićThis paper highlights the need for future studies researching the subject of resilience in family firms on different levels.
Generation Alpha and family business: a perspective article
Didar Karatayev, Umidjon Matyakubov, Lyailya Mutaliyeva, Viachaslau Filimonau, Vladimir A. ErmolaevThis paper discusses the key features of Generation Alpha from the perspective of their implications for future family business.
Revolutionizing family businesses with artificial intelligence: a perspective article
Sukanlaya Sawang, Robbert Anton KivitsThis perspective article addresses the essential need to comprehend what artificial intelligence (AI) entails and how it can revolutionize the family business sector.
The wealth creator and family business: a perspective article
Carmen Nebot, Javier Morales MedianoThe principal objective of this study is to identify and recommend auspicious research directions within the field of family business research, with a specific focus on the wealth…
AI-driven sustainability brand activism for family businesses: a future-proofing perspective article
Joshua Kofi Doe, Robert E. HinsonArtificial intelligence (AI) and sustainable business represent the irrefutable future of all forward looking businesses in the world today. In this perspective article, the…
African family dynamics and family business – a perspective article
Doreen Nyarko Anyamesem Odame, Robert E. HinsonDespite the potential benefits of family businesses, their dynamics present peculiar challenges that hinder the realisation of their full potential. This paper sought to assess…
Analysis of trends that turn an entrepreneurship idea into a family business: an article in perspective
Jose Andres Areiza-Padilla, Tatiana Galindo-Becerra, Iván Veas-González, Karla Barajas-PortasThis article examines some of the trends that allow to understand and analyze the evolution of the idea of entrepreneurship to become a family business.
First (latent) generation and family business: a perspective article
Walter Vesperi, Anna Maria Melina, Concetta Lucia Cristofaro, Marzia VenturaFamily businesses are characterized by the simultaneous presence of the family and the business system. The literature analyses sporadically the family support during the creation…
Post-entry decisions in international entrepreneurship and family business: a perspective article
Eduardo Terán-YépezThis perspective article aims to provide an overview of the interplay between international entrepreneurship and the dynamics of family businesses, with a particular focus on…
Corporate governance and family business: a perspective article
Franklin NakpodiaThe governance of family businesses has attracted considerable scrutiny among scholars and practitioners. This paper explores influences that have defined corporate governance…
Scoping the links between acquisitive crime, criminal predation and family business
Robert SmithThe stereotypes of the dodgy businessman and businessman gangster are established typologies in both the criminology and family business literature, but nevertheless, there is…
Hotel housekeepers in family hotel business: a perspective article
Almudena Otegui CarlesThe purpose of this research is to delve into the scientific literature on hotel housekeepers in family hotel businesses to suggest new research directions in this field.
Generation AI and family business: a perspective article
Finn Lannon, Roisin Lyons, Christina O'ConnorThis perspective article responds to the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) as a significant opportunity for growth among family businesses, highlighting the need for…
Family business in the Arabian Gulf region
John Rice, Muhammad Mustafa Raziq, Anestis FotiadisThe purpose of the paper is to provide some insights into the importance of family business in the transition of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region into a diversified…
Women entrepreneurs in transport family business: a perspective article
Emmanuel MogajiThis paper underscores the importance of conducting studies that examine the experiences of women transport entrepreneurs within the context of the intersectionality of…
Technology and family business: from conceptualization to implementation in strategic planning – a perspective article
Daniel Mandel GandritaThis article offers a perspective on the evolution of strategic planning and strategic planning's implementation, particularly within the context of family business. This paper is…
Family entrepreneurship: a perspective article
Kathleen RandersonThe author synthesizes research at the genesis of the field of family entrepreneurship, allowing to distinguish it from the field of family business. Indeed, family…
Entrepreneurial retirement and family business: a perspective article
Simon StephensThis paper highlights the need for studies that explore the experiences of entrepreneurs based in a family business setting who are considering retirement.
Paradox and family business: a perspective article
Steffen RothThis perspective article provides an overview of current research on paradoxes within family business settings and outlines emerging trends and potential avenues for future…
Nurturing family business resilience through strategic supply chain management
Aina Pont, Alexandra SimonThe study aspires to enhance comprehension of the intricate interplay between supply chain management (SCM) and resilience in family businesses, thereby offering valuable insights…
The African philosophy of Ubuntu and family businesses: a perspective article
Welcome KupangwaThis perspective article underscores the importance of conducting studies that examine the African philosophy of Ubuntu among indigenous African family businesses. The article…
Are family businesses more gender inclusive in leadership succession today? A perspective article
Cristina Alvarado-Alvarez, Martin C. EuwemaThrough this exploration, this article seeks to contribute to facilitate a greater female participation in power and leadership positions in the context of succession by…
Dynamic capabilities and family businesses: a perspective article
Victor Wilfredo Bohorquez-Lopez, Paula Andrea García-Ortiz, Christiam Méndez-LazarteThe individual perspective of dynamic capabilities and family firms could be useful to shed light on the relationship between these topics, considering not only the heterogeneity…
Sustainability performance disclosure and family businesses: a perspective article
Andrea CaccialanzaThe deeper understanding of the disclosure of external and internal dynamics of family firms necessarily places the issue of sustainability as one of the most pressing needs from…
Integrating UN Sustainable Development Goals into family business practices: a perspective article
Bavly Hanna, Guandong Xu, Xianzhi Wang, Jahangir HossainThis paper explores the potential for family businesses (FBs) to play a pivotal role in advancing the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It seeks to…
Intersecting bonds: a perspective on polygamy's influence in Arab Middle East family firm succession
Moustafa Haj Youssef, Jahangir Wasim, Ioannis Christodoulou, Robert ReinhardtThe aim of this study is to explore and elucidate the influence of polygamy on the succession dynamics of family businesses in the Arab world, offering insights that may be…
Sustainability in family business settings: a strategic entrepreneurship perspective
Mahwish Jamil, Simon Stephens, Ahmad Firdause Md FadzilFamily business sustainability is a critical issue. This study considers if adopting a strategic entrepreneurship orientation can support the sustainability of a family business.
European family business owners: what factors affect their job satisfaction?
Ondřej Dvouletý, Marko Orel, David Anthony ProcházkaThis research aims to better understand the factors and determinants that shape the job satisfaction of European family business owners.
Relationship between different resource and capability configurations and competitiveness – comparative study of Hungarian family and nonfamily firms
Zoltán Kárpáti, Adrienn Ferincz, Balázs FelsmannThe purpose of this paper is to identify different types of resource and capability configurations among Hungarian family and nonfamily firms and explore which compositions can be…
Environmental responsibility of family businesses: a perspective paper
Chamila H. Dasanayaka, Nuwan Gunarathne, David F. MurphyThis perspective paper explores ongoing research into stimuli that promote environmental responsibility in family business contexts. It also delineates emerging patterns and…
Factors affecting high-quality entrepreneurial performance in small- and medium-sized family firms
Panagiotis Mitropoulos, Alexandros Mitropoulos, Aimilia VlamiThe purpose of this paper is to measure the high-quality entrepreneurial efficiency of family-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) while exploring the potential…
Unravelling the determinants of family firms' governance: the family protocol
Shital Jayantilal, Sílvia Ferreira Jorge, Paulo AlcarvaFamily businesses are essential to the global economy but often grapple with family-related issues, especially during succession. This study explores how governance tools like the…
Exploring the effect of family control on debt financing within large firms: a transnational study in emerging markets
Zouhair Boumlik, Badia Oulhadj, Olivier ColotThis paper aims to analyze the effect of family control and influence dimension of the socioemotional wealth (SEW) on capital structure of large listed firms in the North African…
Tourism/Hospitality and family business: a perspective article
Andreas Kallmuenzer, Beatriz Adriana López-ChávezThis perspective article provides a compact view on past and promising future research of family business in tourism/hospitality research, an industry that is dominated and driven…
Importance of traditions and family business at Christmas: a quantitative analysis of practices and values in Portugal
Eulália Santos, Fernando Oliveira Tavares, Margarida Freitas FoliveiraChristmas is the most consumed event of the year, always full of traditions, namely family ones, which are very significant. In this way, it is intended to find out the importance…
Intra-family communication in challenging times and family business: a perspective article
Anil Boz SemerciThis perspective article highlights the importance of future research that explores how intra-family communication in family businesses was affected during challenging times such…
Navigating the path of family business research: a personal reflection
Emmanuel MogajiThis article provides a personal response to the questions raised by Ratten et al. (2023) on what family business researchers have learnt about the family business field and tips…
Financial management and family business: a perspective article
John Scott StrongThis study aims to review major themes and findings of research into financial management of family business and to suggest new directions for future research.
Drivers of knowledge transfer for succession in family business: a perspective article
Thanh-Thao Luong, Cat-My Dang, Que Nguyet TranThis study aims to identify various factors that have driven the knowledge transfer process for succession purposes in family business since the 1920s and discuss their…
Family business succession: opportunities from the Victorian wine industry
Paul Strickland, Vanessa RattenThis paper aims to examine the opportunities of continuous family succession in operating small-to-medium-sized wineries (SMWs) in Victoria, Australia.
Crisis management in family firms: do religion and secularization of family decision-makers’ matter?
Johannes Thaller, Stefan Mayr, Birgit Feldbauer-DurstmüllerThe unique dynamics of family firms (FFs) shape the management of financial crises. Religious and secular reasons, as a defining characteristic of this type of firm, provide a…
Does female descendent entrepreneur's self-compassion and financial literacy matter for succession success?
Zeshan Ahmad, Shahbaz Sharif, Iftikhar Ahmad, Syed Muhammad Waseem Abbas, Mussrat ShaheenPresent study investigated the influence of female descendent entrepreneur's self-compassion on the perceived succession success of small-family businesses (S-FB) with the…
The relationship between the use of technologies and digitalization strategies for digital transformation in family businesses
Sérgio Begnini, Ieda Margarete Oro, Graciele Tonial, Inocencia Boita DalboscoAnalyzing the effect of digitalization strategies and barriers to digital transformation (DT) on the use of technologies, in the Brazilian context, is necessary to broaden the…
Transgenerational value transmission in business-owning families: an indigenous African perspective
Welcome Kupangwa, Shelley Maeva Farrington, Elmarie VenterThis study aims to investigate the favourable conditions that influence transgenerational value transmission (TVT), value acceptance and value similarity between generations in…
The effect of the Covid-19 epidemic on auditing quality and the reaction of family vs non-family businesses to Covid-19: the case of Jordan
Esraa Esam Alharasis, Fairouz MustafaThe purpose of this paper is to provide new scientific knowledge concerning the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on auditing quality as determined by audit fees for both family…
Family firm performance: the effects of organizational culture and organizational social capital
Michele Stasa Ouzký, Ondřej MachekThe goal of this paper is to examine the mediating role of organizational social capital between family firms' organizational culture, characterized by their group vs individual…
Board functions in governance arenas: a comparative case study of four Swedish family firms
Jenny Ahlberg, Sven-Olof Yrjö Collin, Elin Smith, Timur UmanThe purpose of this paper is to explore board functions and their location in family firms.
Ethnic fashion designers, entrepreneurs and family businesses: an African marketing perspective
Satyendra SinghThe purpose of the perspective article is to review relevant literature on family business and ethnic fashion and establish links across identity (defined as culture, tradition…
The state of family business research in the Visegrád countries
Judit Csákné Filep, Olga Anna Martyniuk, Marta Wojtyra-PerlejewskaThe institutional context in which family firms operate influences their behaviour and performance, yet literature reviews seldom analyse family firms on a regional basis. To fill…
Learning from family business researchers
Vanessa Ratten, James J. Chrisman, Michael Mustafa, Salvatore Sciascia, Claire Seaman, Allan Discua Cruz, Feranita FeranitaThis article provides commentary from well-known family business researchers on what they have learnt about the family business field and tips for the future.
Parental influence on next-generation family members in South African Black-owned family businesses
Lwando Ntari, Ayanda Pamella DeliweThere are many factors that contribute to a person's career choice. The decision of whether or not to join the family business is certainly most influenced by parents. The aim of…
Not all crises are the same: the effects of crisis triggered successions in family firms
Peng Ren, Isabel C. Botero, James O. FietAlthough succession planning can be important for the continuity of family firms, not all family business have the opportunity to engage in this planning. Sometimes, these…
The family-level of generational involvement: impact on the nexus between entrepreneurial orientation and business performance among small family businesses
Mei Xuan Liew, Yoke Mei LooThe aim of this study was to obtain evidence of the practical significance of the generational involvement (GI) of top management teams (TMT) on the nexus between entrepreneurial…
The effect of board diversity and tenure on environmental performance. Evidence from family and non-family firms
Giovanna Gavana, Pietro Gottardo, Anna Maria MoiselloThe aim of this paper is to examine the effect of structural and demographic board diversity as well as board tenure on family firms' environmental performance, by analyzing the…
Formal advisors and succession process in family firms
Marta Wojtyra-Perlejewska, Izabela KoładkiewiczThis study explores the roles of formal advisors (FAs) in the succession process of family firms and the factors that determine them.
How family firm advisors understand their clients: a mixed-methods analysis of social capital signaling in web-based marketing
Robert Randolph, Eric Kushins, Prachi GalaDespite similarities, research across family business and business advising forwards contradictory conclusions when considering family business advising. The authors seek to…
Navigating towards hyperautomation and the empowerment of human capital in family businesses: a perspective article
Andrew Birkbeck, Lisa RoweThis paper aims to explore the past and future impacts of automation on family businesses, with a focus on the opportunities for human capital empowerment.
The influence of family dynamics on business performance: does effective leadership matter?
Reshmini Maharajh, Shepherd Dhliwayo, Abdella Kosa CheboFamily businesses have a dual objective of profit making and providing opportunities for family members. This duality leads to a conflict that may bring poor team work and…
Family ownership and audit fees in emerging countries: the moderating role of political connections
Supatmi Supatmi, Christa Kurnia Alethea, Yeterina Widi Nugrahanti, MI Mitha Dwi RestutiThis study aims to examine the effect of family ownership on audit fees and whether political connections moderate the causal relationship. Indonesia, as emerging countries…
Breaking new ground in family business research with neoconfigurational theorizing and analysis
Mark R. Mallon, Stav FainshmidtBecause family businesses are highly complex enterprises, researchers need appropriate theoretical and methodological tools to study them. The neoconfigurational perspective and…
Unveiling the triumph: the drivers behind entrepreneurial resilience among family wedding organizers in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Grisna Anggadwita, Dini Turipanam Alamanda, Vanessa RattenThe existence of a wedding organizer plays an essential role in realizing the dream wedding of the bride and groom and the progression of a family-centred structure. The wedding…
Family firms and product recalls: an event study for the US automobile industry
António Miguel Martins, Cesaltina Pacheco PiresThis study explores whether the unique organizational form of family firms helps to mitigate the negative effects caused by the announcement of product recalls.
Knowledge sharing in family SMEs: the role of communities of practice
Francesca Rossignoli, Andrea Lionzo, Thomas Henschel, Börje BoersThe aim of this paper is to analyse the role of communities of practice (CoP) as knowledge-sharing tools in family small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). In this context, CoPs…
Conceptualizing recourses as antecedents to the economic performance of family-based microenterprise – the moderating role of competencies
Shamsuddin Ahamad, Hamdan Amerali Al-jaifi, Md Imtiaz MostafizThe development of family-based microenterprises has attracted the attention of regulators, microfinance institutions and other stakeholders in either developing or least…
The adoption of governance mechanisms in family businesses: an institutional lens
Maria Jose Parada, Alberto Gimeno, Georges Samara, Willem SarisDespite agreement on the importance of adopting governance structures for developing competitive advantage, we still know little about why or how governance mechanisms are adopted…
Migrant family entrepreneurship – mixed and multiple embeddedness of transgenerational Turkish family entrepreneurs in Berlin
Gökay Selcuk, Lech SuwalaBy combining manifold approaches from migrant entrepreneurship and family business studies, the purpose of the paper is to shed some light upon the contextual features of…
Encouraging consumer loyalty: the role of family business in hospitality
Cláudia Miranda Veloso, Daniela Magalhães, Bruno Barbosa Sousa, Cicero Eduardo Walter, Marco ValeriThe aim of this paper is to understand the importance of consumer loyalty in the specific context of Hotel Family Business. This study proposes a conceptual model to examine how…
No hard feelings? Non-succeeding siblings and their perceptions of justice in family firms
Ilse Matser, Jelle Bouma, Erik VeldhuizenFamily farms, in which business and family life are intricately interwoven, offer an interesting context for better understanding the interdependence between the family and…
Next-generation leadership development: a management succession perspective
Joseph Kie Kuong Tang, Wan Sabri HussinThis research study focusses on the succession challenges in small-medium outboard marine businesses of Malaysian Chinese family ownership. The founder-owners face challenges in…
Promoting family business in handicrafts through local tradition and culture: an innovative approach
Santus Kumar Deb, P.P. Mohanty, Marco ValeriThe purpose of the study is to investigate the potentiality and dimensions of promoting handicraft family business practices in handicraft as well as the extent to highlight the…
Family entrepreneurial resilience – an intergenerational learning approach
Anita Zehrer, Gabriela LeißThe purpose of this paper is to explore leadership succession in families in business. Although there is a vast amount of research on leadership succession, no attempt has been…
Embeddedness and entrepreneurial traditions: Entrepreneurship of Bukharian Jews in diaspora
Maria Elo, Leo-Paul DanaThe purpose of this paper is to explore how entrepreneurship traditions evolve in diaspora.
Family equity as a transgenerational mechanism for entrepreneurial families
Philipp Bierl, Nadine H. KammerlanderThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the process of family equity creation and its role for transgenerational entrepreneurship.
Retaining the adolescent workforce in family businesses
Richard Telling, Philip John GouldingThe purpose of this study is to critically explore the linkage between adolescent work, parent–child relationships and offspring career choice outcomes in a family business…
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- Associate Professor Vanessa Ratten