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The SAGE Handbook of Family Business captures the conceptual map and state-of-the-art thinking on family business - an area experiencing rapid global growth in research and education since the last three decades.
Edited by the leading figures in family business studies, with contributions and editorial board support from the most prominent scholars in the field, this Handbook reflects on the development and current status of family enterprise research in terms of applied theories, methods, topics investigated, and perspectives on the field's future.
The SAGE Handbook of Family Business is divided into following six sections, allowing for ease of navigation while gaining a multi-dimensional perspective and understanding of the field.
Part I: Theoretical perspectives in family business studies
Part II: Major issues in family business studies
Part III: Entrepreneurial and managerial aspects in family business studies
Part IV: Behavioral and organizational aspects in family business studies
Part V: Methods in use in family business studies
Part VI: The future of the field of family business studies
By including critical reflections and presenting possible alternative perspectives and theories, this Handbook contributes to the framing of future research on family enterprises around the world. It is an invaluable resource for current and future scholars interested in understanding the unique dynamics of family enterprises under the rubric of entrepreneurship, strategic management, organization theory, accounting, marketing or other related areas.
Theories from Family Psychology and Family Therapy
Theories from Family Psychology and Family Therapy
Introduction
It has long been evident that the way the overlap between family and business is managed is crucial in understanding success or failure in family businesses. Finding a conclusive theory of family firms that is able to take into account the reciprocal relationships between both systems, as well as integrating organizational theory and family systems theory, can be seen as the ‘ultimate aim of the field of family business studies’ (Sharma, 2004, p. 24). Such a theory would have to include the individual level, as well as the interpersonal and organizational levels, and explain how family firms are distinct from other companies. Of course, such an endeavor requires ...
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