자연주의적 탐구조사(Naturalistic Inquiry)

Based on a review of 217 refereed articles on family business studies, the literature is organized according to its focus on individual, interpersonal or group, organizational, and societal levels of analyses. An assessment of the status of our current understanding at each level is provided and directions for future research are suggested. A discussion of definitional issues, bases of distinctiveness, and family firm performance is used to help understand the domain or scope of the field. Methodological issues and strategies aimed to enhance the pace at which the field achieves a distinctive legitimate place in organizational studies are presented.

An Overview of the Field of Family Business Studies: Current Status and Directions for the Future

The trustworthiness of results is the bedrock of high quality qualitative research. Member checking, also known as participant or respondent validation, is a technique for exploring the credibility of results. Data or results are returned to participants to check for accuracy and resonance with their experiences. Member checking is often mentioned as one in a list of validation techniques. This simplistic reporting might not acknowledge the value of using the method, nor its juxtaposition with the interpretative stance of qualitative research. In this commentary, we critique how member checking has been used in published research, before describing and evaluating an innovative in-depth member checking technique, Synthesized Member Checking. The method was used in a study with patients diagnosed with melanoma. Synthesized Member Checking addresses the co-constructed nature of knowledge by providing participants with the opportunity to engage with, and add to, interview and interpreted data, several months after their semi-structured interview.

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Member Checking: A Tool to Enhance Trustworthiness or Merely a Nod to Validation?

This article focuses on risk taking as one important dimension of entrepreneurial orientation and its impact in family firms. Drawing on a sample of Swedish SMEs, we find that risk taking is a distinct dimension of entrepreneurial orientation in family firms and that it is positively associated with proactiveness and innovation. We also find that even if family firms do take risks while engaged in entrepreneurial activities, they take risk to a lesser extent than nonfamily firms. Moreover, and most importantly for our understanding of entrepreneurial orientation in family firms, we find that risk taking in family firms is negatively related to performance. Both theoretical and practical implications of our findings are provided.

Entrepreneurial Orientation, Risk Taking, and Performance in Family Firms

Foundations of Behavioral Research 2nd ed

Member checking continues to be an important quality control process in qualitative research as during the course of conducting a study, participants receive the opportunity to review their statements for accuracy and, in so doing; they may acquire a therapeutic benefit. The authors of this article suggest that this benefit is similar to some of the components of group therapy, especially in normalizing the phenomenon being experienced. Even if the participants never meet, they can feel a sense of relief that their feelings are validated and that they are not alone.

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Member Checking: Can Benefits Be Gained Similar to Group Therapy?

This paper, is condensed from the author's, qualitative research study on women in family business. Women and other family members were interviewed on how gender-related issues affect their work. Also included is an extensive literature review followed by a brief discussion of the research methodology. The research results offer common themes that emerged from the diverse sample of participants. In addition, there is a discussion of implications for practice and research that may be helpful to both family-business members and consultants.

Women in Family Business

It is a commonly held belief that divorce “kills” the family business, especially when copreneurs divorce or separate. Yet there are examples of copreneurs who have successfully continued to work together postdivorce. However, to date, there have been no studies or theories developed regarding successful, postdivorce copreneurs. This grounded theory study examines successful postdivorce copreneurs and proposes a model that can help advisors navigate the many potential pitfalls a divorcing couple can experience. This study finds that copreneurs who have a great deal of trust in one another can continue to work together postdivorce. Emotional connection, compartmentalization, synergy, commitment to the business, and positive gender issues also contribute to the success of the business and the business relationship.

An Exploration of Successful Copreneurial Relationships Postdivorce

A number of theoretical orientations to family business consultation have been proposed and developed. This article acknowledges these contributions but sets out to take afresh look at the process, using the interconnected notions of relationship and context to organize the discussion. Case examples are provided as illustration.

Connecting and separating family and business: A relational approach to consultation

This article provides an example of how the results of one qualitative study can be applied to a clinical case. The first part of the article contains a summary of a funded qualitative study on family business. Family members were asked to discuss how combining business with family affects their work and personal lives. In this summary, a condensed literature review is followed by a brief discussion of the research methodology and the presentation of the results. The research findings offer three categories that emerged from the participants’ responses. Next, the article presents a discussion of implications for practice with a family business case example. In this example, the author illustrates how she applied the three research categories to her clinical work with a business family.

Patricia M. Cole

Papers

Member Checking: Can Benefits Be Gained Similar to Group Therapy?

Women in Family Business

An Exploration of Successful Copreneurial Relationships Postdivorce

Connecting and separating family and business: A relational approach to consultation

Understanding Family Business Relationships: Preserving the Family in the Business: