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Full Citation & AbstractPUBLICATIONNUMBERAAT 3187801TITLE A systems psychodynamic perspective on the organizational diagnosis of a family businessAUTHOR Edison, Mark RabbDEGREE PhDSCHOOL CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORKDATE2006PAGES86ADVISER Gould, Laurence J.ISBN0-542-29297-1SOURCE DAI-B 66/08, p. 4479, Feb 2006SUBJECT PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL (0622)DIGITAL FORMATS0.87Mb normal PDF24 page PreviewSystems psychodynamics, an intellectual and clinical approach to exploring the behavior of individuals and groups in organizations, is employed to develop hypotheses about the behavior of the managing partners and staff of a family business. Known in systems psychodynamics as organizational diagnoses, hypotheses are developed based on data gathered over the course of eighteen months' observation of the business. Special attention is given to the contribution of the process of projective identification in making sense of unconscious aspects of group behavior as they relate to the management of the business. The data are also used to illustrate the interactive role of systems and psychodynamics in the understanding of organizational behavior. Suggestions are offered to future student organizational diagnosticians on how to employ systems psychodynamics in their research.You are viewing title 1 of 51 in the current results list.Full Citation & AbstractPUBLICATIONNUMBERAAT 3150755TITLE Family business consultation: A modified Delphi studyAUTHOR Cross, Keith AllenDEGREE PhDSCHOOL PURDUE UNIVERSITYDATE2004PAGES218ADVISER Sprenkle, Douglas H.ISBN0-496-10836-0SOURCE DAI-A 65/10, p. 4008, Apr 2005SUBJECT SOCIOLOGY, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY STUDIES (0628); BUSINESSADMINISTRATION, GENERAL (0310)DIGITAL FORMATS8.80Mb image-only PDF24 page PreviewWhat makes for a good family business consultant? This question has been hotly debated since the field began. Currently, there is not a significant literature base directed at improvi ng consultant effectiveness. This exploratory study articulates and ranks the interventions and personal characteristics that expert family business consultants consider most important to their ability to successfully work with family businesses. Using the Delphi method, 18 expert family business consultants completed surveys in which they listed these interventions and characteristics. They also discussed these responses during a phone interview. Two primary themes emerged from the results: relatively few interventions passed with agreement whereas many characteristics passed with agreement; the results appear to be impacted by the relative youthof the field of family business consultation. Additionally, the subgroup of olderpanelists was found to have the highest level of agreement among the items inthe final profile and overall the attorneys agreed on the highest number itemsof all subgroups. Further research is necessary in order to measure theeffectiveness of the interventions and characteristics identified by this study.You are viewing title 2 of 51 in the current results list.PUBLICATIONNUMBERAAT 3085075TITLE Under the learning lens: An examination of a small family business evolving toa learning organizationAUTHOR Eikenmeyer, Laura BianchiDEGREE PhDSCHOOL LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGODATE2003PAGES107ADVISER Morgan, RonaldISBN0-496-32882-4SOURCE DAI-A 64/03, p. 794, Sep 2003SUBJECT EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (0525); EDUCATION, ADULT AND CONTINUING (0516); SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL STRUCTURE ANDDEVELOPMENT (0700)DIGITAL FORMATS3.39Mb image-only PDFModern businesses are adopting learning organizational practices as a competitive tool in today's competitive marketplace. Toyota, one of the largest24 page Previewcorporations worldwide, has proclaimed itself a learning organization for years. However, while many companies and researchers speak of such organizations and define them in various terms, it is often difficult to reconcile the theoretical constructs with the day-to-day realities in which we work. This study was designed to examine such a place, literally the place in which I live and work. My goals were to better define the learning organization within a context which had meaning to me and to the organization which my family owns and operates. Our organization is much smaller than the Toyota's of the world, but it has many things in common. In particular, it is an organization made up of many people, all of whom must collaborate, communicate, and interact to create products and services which made available in the marketplace. After seven months of struggling with the IRB about conducting the study at my family's business, I was left with no other alternative than moving the setting of my study. The company targeted for study was similar to ours (both companies are manufacturing companies, both are run by families, and both have 2 geographically separate plants). An aluminum extrusion manufacturer in Canada was selected for study. Thirty-eight employees representing various levels of the company voluntarily participated in a series of interviews. The interviews were crafted to focus on the learning capabilities and mechanisms used to bring about changes within the company. A total of sixteen multi-part questions were put to the participants. The following research questions were addressed: (1)&nbsp;Within the organizational structure of a small family business, are there differences in the schematic map representations across participant clusters? (2)&nbsp;Among clusters of learners are there motivators that can be identified to encourage the practice of a learning organization? and (3)&nbsp;What are the steps needed to develop a small family business into a learning organization? The 1102 natural language responses given by the participants were then coded into a total of 24 standard language terms. The lengthy coding process took into account not simply the concepts used, but also the 926 links that were generated between (among) those concepts. Various levels of company personnel were configu red into five participant clusters (upper management, middle management, supervisory, support staff, and plant employees). Comparisons were made within the clusters, as well as between the clusters. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)You are viewing title 3 of 51 in the current results list.Full Citation & AbstractPUBLICATIONNUMBERNot Available from UMITITLE The development of inter-organizational collaborative ventures of Spanishfamily businesses. Antecedents to the evolution of inter-organizationalcollaborative ventures. Do family business characteristics matter?AUTHOR Knief, ChristianDEGREE PhDSCHOOL UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA (SPAIN)DATE2003PAGES285SOURCE DAI-C 66/01, p. 46, Spring 2005SUBJECT BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT (0454)There are few studies on inter-organizational collaborative ventures (IOCVs) in the context of family businesses, and of studies investigating the development of IOCVs. The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the development of IOCVs in the context of Spanish family businesses. The first part of the dissertation focuses on extent research of family business and IOCVs, establishing the managerial relevance of this area and reviews extent research. This concludes in the formulation of the research question. Also the methodology chosen for this dissertation will be discussed. Then we will report on the results and findings of the fieldwork in three Spanish family businesses. We find that antecedent factors are critical to the formation of IOCVs and have an imprinting effect critical for the development of the IOCV. Data suggests that those family businesses' ventures, which develop along many small&ldquo;incremental&rdquo; changes (process), change more dynamically and are more successful than those ventures (outcome) which develop along a small number of significant changes. Process and outcome of change are associated with the management approach adopted by the parent organization towards the venture. Ventures which are managed in a formal way rely on exogenous safeguards and contracts develop along few large changes. Ventures that are managed to a lesser degree through formal mechanisms and contracts develop in an incremental manner. Whether a formal management approach relying on exogenous/contractual safeguards is adopted or an informal management approach relying on endogenous/non contractualmanagement mechanism is adopted, is associated with several antecedents tothe formation and development of the IOCV. Where (1)&nbsp;no endogenoussafeguards were developed between the partners prior to venture formation,(2)&nbsp;the investments are specific and risky, (3)&nbsp;operational set up ofthe IOCV is complex and leads to need for coordination and (4)&nbsp;thefamily business is governed through formal systems and structure,(A)&nbsp;formal mechanisms are adopted in the management of the IOCV.Where family businesses have developed (1)&nbsp;endogenous safeguardswith the partner prior to the formation of the IOCV, (2)&nbsp;the investmentsare neither specific nor risky, (3)&nbsp;the operation of the venture is notcomplex and requires little coordination due to partner interdependence in theoperation and (4)&nbsp;the corporate context is characterized by few formalcoordination mechanisms but direct supervision, (B)&nbsp;an informal IOCVmanagement approach relying on non-contractual/endogenous safeguards isapplied. In this context the corporate management structure adopted by thefamily business is associated with family business characteristics. Familybusinesses, which are characterized by complex ownership and managementstructures, and show conflict, are characterized by a high reliance on formalmanagement systems and structures. Family businesses which have lesscomplex ownership and management structures and show little conflict amongfamily members, rely to a lesser degree on formalized management structuresand systems. In the final chapter we discuss the propositions deduced fromdata and their contribution to academic inquiry. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)You are viewing title 4 of 51 in the current results list.AAT 3090289PUBLICATIONNUMBERTITLE Unified Blended Family Business(c): A new perspective for the 21st century understanding relationships in family businessesAUTHOR Nedlin, Marny B.DEGREE PhDSCHOOL NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERS ITYDATE2003PAGES271ADVISER Cole, Patricia M.ISBN0-496-38014-1SOURCE DAI-A 64/05, p. 1862, Nov 2003SUBJECT SOCIOLOGY, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY STUDIES (0628); PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL (0624); BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT (0454)DIGITAL FORMATS10.70Mb image-only PDF24 page PreviewEighteen million family businesses operate in the United States. Within thesebusinesses, family and non-family members create two distinct groups ofstakeholders, which engender in-group and out-group issues. Relationshipsbetween these two groups of stakeholders have remained relatively invisibleand unexamined. In addition, current literature indicates that long-held beliefsabout families are changing. Yet, many family businesses appear bound to thetraditional meanings ascribed to the construct family. Within a socialconstructionistic frame, two areas of curiosity guided this naturalistic qualitativeresearch study: (a)&nbsp;interrelational aspects of family and non-familystakeholders and (b)&nbsp;meanings family and non-family stakeholdersascribe to the notion of family as a component of the family business.Thirty-five stakeholders from 11 family firms participated in this research study.Results indicated that entities of blended family businesses appeared practical,especially for family businesses that were beyond their first generation. Somefamily firms, in second-, third-, and forth-generation, believed that the survivalof their firms may be dependent on a blend of family and nonfamily personnel,thus creating a blended family enterprise.You are viewing title 5 of 51 in the current results list.PUBLICATIONNUMBERNot Available from UMITITLE The transfer of ownership and leadership: A study of Chinese family business and inheritanceAUTHOR Zheng, Victor Wan TaiDEGREE PhDSCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA) DATE2003SOURCE DAI-A 65/01, p. 239, Jul 2004SUBJECT BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT (0454); ECONOMICS, COMMERCE-BUSINESS (0505)This thesis focuses on the study of Chinese family business, inheritance and economic development in Hong Kong. In order to test the conventional argument that Chinese family business is inefficient, short-lived and unstable, intensive fieldwork was conducted in the period 1997&ndash;2000. A total of 35 Chaozhou merchants who came from 26 families were interviewed. In addition, 19 other old-established wealthy families were also selected for closer study. The findings clearly deviate from conventional perceptions about Chinese family business. First, inheritance isn't narrowly confined to economic capital. Human capital and social capital are equally stressed. A successful transfer of family business not only includes a smooth transmission of ownership, but also covers the reestablishment of new leadership, business networks and personal ties to the heirs. Second, equal inheritance doesn't necessary lead to internal family conflict. Quite the opposite, equal arrangements alleviate sibling disputes and disagreements. In other words, the system per se reduces business instability and family conflic t. Third, the equal inheritance mechanism doesn't definitely imply the leveling of capital and suffocation of business development. In fact, division mainly occurs in the family property. Capital investment is seldom affected. In this study, one of the key findings concerns the positive function of the equal inheritance system on the development of the economy. Equal inheritance can assist economic development by generating <italic>competition</italic> and<italic>capital</italic>. Equal division is a criterion for sibling comparison. Comparison generates stress and anxiety with each son trying to outdo the other. Competition is therefore galvanized. Furthermore, initial capital that is released from partition can motivate sons, who want to be free from subjugation, to start their own business. This is the origin of the<italic>self-employment mentality</italic>. Both competition and capital are crucial factors for economic development to take place. Last, but not least, a strong desire of self-employment mentality drives Chinese family business to develop its own type of structure: <italic>jia-zu ji-tuan</italic> [family-based consortium]. Different family members diversify into different businesses orprofessions. These businesses or professions may or may n ot relate to eachother. However, they maintain a certain level of interconnection under thebanner of the family [<italic>jia-zu</italic>]. They can support each other duringtime of crises and difficulties. As a result, <italic> jia-zu ji-tuan</italic> can behighly stable and can maintain their domination in the community fromgeneration to generation.You are viewing title 6 of 51 in the current results list.PUBLICATIONNUMBERAAT 3043230TITLE The relationship between family capital and family business performance:Collaboration and conflict as moderatorsAUTHOR Hoelscher, Mark LewisDEGREE PhDSCHOOL TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITYDATE2002PAGES114ADVISER Hoffman, James J.; Sorenson, Ritch L.ISBN0-493-57028-4SOURCE DAI-A 63/02, p. 662, Aug 2002SUBJECT BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT (0454); ECONOMICS,COMMERCE-BUSINESS (0505)DIGITAL FORMATS3.87Mb image-only PDFThis study defines the concept of family capital and proposes that family capital has potential impact on business performance. This potential is unleashed when a family business collaborates or encounters moderate levels of task24 page Previewconflict and is inhibited when a family business engages in relational conflict.Thus, this study investigates whether the use of collaboration as a problemsolving technique within family business has a moderating effect on therelationship between family capital and family business performance.Additionally, this study investigates whether the existence of conflict (i.e. bothtask and relational) within family business has a moderating effect on therelationship between family capital and family business performance.Specifically, it is theorized that (1)&nbsp;family capital will positively affectfamily business performance and (2)&nbsp;conflict and collaboration willmoderate this relationship. The hypotheses are tested using data from theSurvey of Family Business collected by the Center For Entrepreneurship andFamily Business at Texas Tech University.You are viewing title 7 of 51 in the current results list.PUBLICATIONNUMBERAAT MQ76301TITLE Altruism as an influence on agency costs and risk-taking in the family business: Some special casesAUTHOR Wu, ZhenyuDEGREE MBASCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY (CANADA)DATE2002PAGES84ADVISER Chua, J. H.ISBN0-612-76301-3SOURCE MAI 41/05, p. 1302, Oct 2003SUBJECT ECONOMICS, FINANCE (0508); BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION,MANAGEMENT (0454)DIGITAL FORMATS3.03Mb image-only PDF24 page PreviewThere is little formal modeling of the family firm in the finance literature. In thisstudy, the family firm is differentiated from the public, non-family firm in thefinance literature by five critical attributes: (1)&nbsp;family members own thefirm together; (2)&nbsp;family members are involved in the management of thebusiness such that the firm is mainly characterized by a joint productionfunction of the family members' work efforts; (3)&nbsp;the family membersmay be altruistic toward each other; (4)&nbsp;family members expect to inheritownership of the firm; and (5)&nbsp;family business owners are risk aversebecause they are not well-diversified. This research focuses on the influence ofaltruism on agency cost and risk-taking in family firms. Abstracting frominformation asymmetry, analytical results were obtained for special cases onhow altruism on the part of the parent can cause adverse selection, free riding,and shirking problems. Results also show how altruism on the part of the kidscan, in some cases, exacerbate the problems and, in others, mitigate theproblems.You are viewing title 8 of 51 in the current results listPUBLICATIONNUMBERAAT 3047747TITLE Succession in family business in IndonesiaAUTHOR Sekarbumi, AnandaDEGREE DBASCHOOL MAASTRICHT SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT (THE NETHERLANDS) DATE2001PAGES206ADVISER Van Beugen, M.; Pekerti, AnugerahISBN0-493-61857-0SOURCE DAI-A 63/03, p. 1037, Sep 2002SUBJECT BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT (0454) DIGITAL FORMATS7.12Mb image-only PDF24 page PreviewThis was an exploratory and analytically descriptive study seeking to discover and unravel the process of management succession in family business in Indonesia. The dominant research strategy and design of the study were largely qualitative. More specifically a phenomenological approach was used in data collection and data analysis through an inductive process in as much as it was supported in some instances by statistical cross tabulation. The approach was intended to accommodate various experiences, concepts or perceptions of respondents; thus compile them to generate a pattern of succession process without a premeditated hypothesis. The primary data were collected by mailed questionnaire and interviewing the purposively selected samples; i.e. 20 respondents of founders and successors of 10 Jakarta based family businesses which had minimum 20 years operation when this research was conducted. Moreover companies documentation and extended library research were used as secondary data as well as for validity and reliability checks. In interpreting the results of this study, certain limitations should be observed. First, many other issues that might be pertinent to succession planning proces s were not addressed. Second, the number of family members involved and the company life stage of the collaborators were different, which in turn affected the level of complexities; and consequently the way the process applied to the collaborators' internal fit. Third, the study was conducted on a small number of family businesses in Jakarta thus it would not be generalizable to all family business in Indonesia. One of the implications of these findings is that management succession should be carefully plan ned in order to eliminate problems that might disrupt the business as a going concern. Another implication is the need to start grooming successors not only within the company business confines, but also beyond the family circle and to include the individual's childhood because of the likely impact and influence of the parents' on the family and business values as well as interpersonal relations. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)You are viewing title 9 of 51 in the current results list.PUBLICATIONNUMBERAAT 3008770TITLE Family business: Museum visitation as gender performanceAUTHOR Stanton, Sally A.DEGREE PhDSCHOOL THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEEDATE2001PAGES303ADVISER Arnold, BettinaISBN0-493-17511-3SOURCE DAI-A 62/03, p. 1108, Sep 2001SUBJECT ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL (0326); RECREATION (0814); SOCIOLOGY, INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY STUDIES (0628)DIGITAL FORMATS13.14Mb image-only PDF24 page PreviewFamily groups are the central social unit of American social life through which parents transmit values, traditions, and beliefs to their children. Museum visits are an extremely popular leisure choice for families. Using qualitative and quantitative methodology from anthropology, museum visitor studies and audience research, a study of behavior, experiences, and beliefs regarding leisure and museums of family museum visitors was conducted at thirteen museums in Wisconsin and Illinois. Nonvisitor families at parks, beaches and ethnic festivals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were also studied. Three questions informed the inquiry: Is one gender more influential than another in choosing to bring a family to a museum, and if so, why? What is the functional role of the museum in American culture? How do men and women differently understand and use museums? Data were gathered from museum visitors and non-visitors through: (1)&nbsp;participant and nonparticipant observation;(2)&nbsp;open-ended paper-pencil surveys; (3)&nbsp;unstructured, informal interviews; and (4)&nbsp;focus groups. Analysis of findings suggests that most family visitors believe museums preserve the past and embody culture, and value museums as educational institutions. Parent-visitors subscribe togendered ethnotheories emphasizing valued experiences informed by culturalparenting models and socialization experiences. Women visitors, asgoal-oriented family resource managers with well-defined selection criteria,purposefully choose museum visits as a productive investment of time, moneyand energy that return worthwhile benefits in terms of knowledge, valuesacquisition, and family bonding. Men visitors, with less responsibility fo r familywork and more diffuse criteria for leisure selection, often visit museums only atthe urging of women, and view family museum visits as only one of manychoices that equally satisfy their leisure needs and fulfill their fatherly role ofproviding satisfying economical family entertainment. Museum visits are thusgender performances. Data from non-visitors suggest that socio-economicstatus interacts with gender in leisure choice. Nonvisitor women, usuallynonwhite, low-income and less-educated than visitors, choose other leisuredestinations in which to spend their more limited time, money and energy,strengthen family bonds, and transmit shared cultural values. Nonvisitorsgenerally view museums as expensive, unwelcoming places promoting lessvalued perspectives and knowledge.You are viewing title 10 of 51 in the current results list.AAT MQ65063PUBLICATIONNUMBERTITLE Altruism and the family firm: Some theoryAUTHOR Wu, ZhenyuDEGREE MASCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY (CANADA)DATE2001PAGES112ADVISER Eaton, B. C.ISBN0-612-65063-4SOURCE MAI 40/04, p. 879, Aug 2002SUBJECT ECONOMICS, COMMERCE-BUSINESS (0505) DIGITAL FORMATS3.06Mb image-only PDF24 page PreviewPrivate income transfers are becoming increasingly recognized as a keyaspect of the U.S. economy (Cox, 1987). Private income transfers based onreciprocal altruism usually occur inter vivos (i.e. between living persons). In ourmodern society, altruism, especially reciprocal altruism, is usually seen in thefamily context, and involves two generations, parents and their kids. In recentyears, more and more economists have researched topics in this area.Moreover, most of them agree that altruism, especially reciprocal altruism, isone of the most important motives for private income transfers. Therefore,reciprocal altruism is interesting in its own right, and has received considerableattention. In this essay, I am going to pose and discuss the following questions:What can be said in general about transfers from one party to the other in thepresence of reciprocal altruism? What is (are) the Nash Equilibrium (N.E.)transfer(s) of reciprocal altruism in the general nature? Is (are) the NashEquilibrium(s) Pareto-optimal? What are the circumstances in which there is noequilibrium? When two people are reciprocally altruistic, do both of themnecessarily make positive transfers? If only one makes a positive transfer,what are the factors that determine the amount of the transfer and the personwho makes it? How do these factors affect the amount of the transfer anddetermine the person who does the positive transfer? What can be said aboutthe effect of reciprocal altruism on the work efforts of family members? Howdoes reciprocal altruism affect their equilibrium personal utilities? I begin byaddressing these questions when incomes of family members are fixed orearned in an impersonal market. Building on this base, I address the samequestions when incomes are generated in a family firm.You are viewing title 11 of 51 in the current results list.PUBLICATIONNUMBERNot Available from UMITITLE Typologies of family business: A conceptual framework based on trust and strategic management (Colombia)AUTHOR Gomez Betancourt, Gonzalo EduardoDEGREE PhDSCHOOL UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA (SPAIN)DATE2000PAGES218LANGUAGE SPANISHSOURCE DAI-C 63/02, p. 201, Summer 2002SUBJECT BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT (0454)The principal objective of this dissertation is to elaborate a conceptual framework that allows the area of family business to progress in prescriptions needed to reach better economic and familiar performances. Also it was necessary to establish typologies for this kind of business that would permit to classify in a way that makes understandable which ones are more successful and why. Taking in account that the key factors on the performance are trust and strategic management, we established four kinds of family business: (1)&nbsp;Ideal FB: The one who counts on trust and strategic management, this one is the one with the best results. (2)&nbsp;Astute FB: Is the kind of company where doesn't exist trust but it counts on strategic management as advantage. (3)&nbsp;Utopia FB: Is the kind of family business where the management is based on trust but doesn't count on strategic management. (4)&nbsp;Critic FB: The family business that doesn't have any of the two factors: no trust and no strategic management. In the group it is the kind of business with the worst results. In order to find variables that could measure the different studied concepts and to start with the elaboration of statistical proofs we began with an empirical study in Colombia. The principal result of this empirical study was, that there where more variables as the initially studied ones. Also we fund the existence of a paradoxes in the family business that should be studied as it is with the case of the liabilities which in theory should have the optimum point below any non-family-business. Finally, with a group analysis, we found evidences by using the classification of the case study that the first proportions of the family business are the followings: Critical FB with a 30%, utopia FB with 34%, astute FB 18%, and ideal FB with 18%. These results allow us to demonstrate the concern of the area with this 64% of family business. They are looking for a inexorable path that John Ward (1988) showed us with his studies indicating that the average of life of a family business is under the 24 years, and the critical mortgage data of 70% is t he pass of the first generation to the second.。