Theories of Family Business Research

Éditeurs invités

  • James Vardaman, University of Memphis
  • Benjamin McLarty, Louisiana Tech University
  • Eric Liguori, Florida State University
  • Josh Daspit, Texas State University
  • Donald Neubaum, Florida Atlantic University

Synthèse

Family firms continue to be an important domain of study in the organization sciences. In terms of numbers, family businesses represent a dominant form of economic organization throughout the world. Therefore, family business scholarship needs to generate generalizable theory across the spectrum of these heterogeneous organizations. Family business research is receiving attention from scholars across the globe, providing an increasing body of knowledge that still has many unanswered questions.

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Thèmes proposés

  • Stewardship theory applied to family businesses
  • Stakeholder theory in family firm contexts
  • Property rights theory and family enterprises
  • Agency theory perspectives on family businesses
  • Institutional theory and family firm governance
  • Prospect theory in family business decision-making
  • Resource-based theory applied to family firms
  • Justice theories in family business settings
  • Social exchange theory and family enterprises
  • Family science theory approaches
  • Network theory in family business research
  • Strategic management perspectives on family businesses
  • Entrepreneurship theories in family firm contexts
  • Organizational behavior approaches to family enterprises
  • Economic perspectives on family businesses
  • Psychological theories applied to family firms
  • Sociology and family business research
  • Macro-level family business theories
  • Meso-level family business theories
  • Micro-level family business theories
  • Empirical tests of theory application in family firms