Journal of Family Business Management: Volume 11 Issue 4

The relation between religiosity, family cohesion and ethical leadership: a study of family firms in Turkey

Mehmet Çetin

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the links among different forms of religiosity, family cohesion and ethical leadership in family firms operating in Turkey.

Entrepreneurial families in business across generations, contexts and cultures

Albert James, Elias Hadjielias, Maribel Guerrero, Allan Discua Cruz, Rodrigo Basco

This article is the editorial for the special issue on “Entrepreneurial Families in Business Across Generations, Contexts and Cultures”. We aim to develop a road map that can help…

The effect of family business exposure on individuals' entrepreneurial intentions: an institutional theory perspective

Sarfraz Zaman, Muhammad Arshad, Naheed Sultana, Sharjeel Saleem

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of family business exposure on individuals' entrepreneurial intentions (EIs). By applying the institutional framework at the…

Dark side of the family business: an exploratory perspective

Oscar Javier Montiel Mendez, Argentina Soto Maciel

The paper aims to relate the potential elements identified as the dark side of the family business (DSFB), where these elements can be productive or destructive. The “dark side”…

Innovative drivers for family business models in tourism

Gabriella Arcese, Marco Valeri, Stefano Poponi, Grazia Chiara Elmo

The aim of this paper is to verify whether, in the tourism sector, the “family business model” is an important development opportunity and, in particular, if it is an innovation…

Entrepreneurial bricolage in smallholder commercial farming: a family business perspective

Catherine Komugisha Tindiwensi, Ernest Abaho, John C. Munene, Moses Muhwezi, Isaac N. Nkote

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how entrepreneurial bricolage empowers smallholder commercial farming, from a family business perspective.

The role of the family council and protocol in planning the succession process in family firms

Cláudia Matias, Mário Franco

The main objective of this study is to understand the role that family council and protocol can have in the planning process of family companies.

Career development and affective commitment: a comparative study of family and nonfamily businesses

Emil Knezović, Nedžla Greda

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether there is a difference in career development programs between family and nonfamily companies. Moreover, the paper explores the…

Modelling the knowledge transfer process between founder and successor in Vietnamese family businesses succession

Robin Bell, Thanh Trung Pham

The transfer of knowledge has been identified as an important part of the family business succession process. This paper examines the knowledge transfer process from the founder…

How does a business family manage its wealth? A family office perspective

Elena Rivo-López, Mónica Villanueva-Villar, Guillermo Suárez-Blázquez, Francisco Reyes-Santías

The purpose of this paper is to find throughout history examples of wealth management of a family or business families that can be assimilated into the current concept of family…

The systematization knowledge of articles adherent to familiness, entrepreneurial orientation and absorptive capacity

Ismael Luiz dos Santos, Sidnei Vieira Marinho, Ruan Carlos dos Santos

Family businesses gain notoriety in academic research because they have peculiarities found only in this type of organization, and it is because of these attributes that this work…

Family firm employees: identification, stewardship practices and citizenship behaviors

Michele N. Medina-Craven, Danielle Cooper, Christopher Penney, Miguel P. Caldas

This paper aims to understand the factors that influence employee organizational identification in family firms, and through identification, the willingness to engage in…

Advancing the multidimensional approach to family business professionalization

Gülçin Polat

Although it has been implicitly or explicitly assumed that family business professionalization is indeed a multidimensional construct, there has been a tendency to confine it to…