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The Family: The Missing Variable in Organizational Research
Abstract
Few studies in the mainstream management literature have included the family as a variable. The focus of this article is to describe (1) why there is a dearth of research using family as a variable; (2) how failing to use the family as a variable in organizational research can lead to incomplete or misleading findings; (3) the issues and concerns related to using the family as a variable in organizational research; and (4) options in research design for using the family as a variable. Given that the vast majority of organizations can be classified as “family firms,” including the family as a variable in research designs will provide researchers with theories that are more robust and that can be generalized to a larger population of organizations.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Dyer, W. G.
- Venue
- Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2003-10
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 401-416
- ISSN
- 1042-2587 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-6520
- OpenAlex
- W1990979292
- Cited by
- 556
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 24.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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