Communication Within the Dynastic Business Family

Rüsen, Tom A.; Kleve, Heiko; Schlippe, Arist von

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-82619-2_5

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“…, 2013). Moral values also reinforce the feeling that one's own work and commitment are important for experiencing self-worth and social recognition (Rüsen et al. , 2021).…”

Section: Analysis Of the Guiding Narrativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The last narrative in relation to the self-image of entrepreneurial families is the seemingly flawless public appearance as the greatest common denominator of the research sample. Recently, Rüsen et al. (2021) pointed out the taboo topics in family businesses, for example in the case of dealing with narratives, stories that exist but are deliberately concealed.…”

Section: Analysis Of the Guiding Narrativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although the originally taboo topic of family conflicts has long been considered to be inherent in the system and has increasingly become the focus of research in recent years (cf. Rüsen et al. , 2021), it is remarkable how, despite explicit demand, only marginal concessions were made to conflicts.…”

Section: Analysis Of the Guiding Narrativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Narratives of survival: how entrepreneurial families narrate their longevity

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Nagel

Schneider

et al. 2023

IJEBR

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PurposeThe question of crisis resistance and resilience of long-lived family businesses became particularly volatile with the beginning of the Corona crisis. In this context the project “Narratives of Survival” was launched focusing on the prevailing narratives to find out how crisis situations have been dealt with and narrated by long-lived German family firms.Design/methodology/approachBased on narrative interviews, the empirical study of transgenerational entrepreneurship was first approached in an open-ended manner. The interview guideline addresses different types of crises and asks about resources, insights, regulations and explanations for the longevity of the family businesses.FindingsIn the qualitative content analysis, 12 guiding narratives were pointed out, providing information about the self-narratives of these entrepreneurial families which revolve around the three themes of self-image, familiarity and strategy.Originality/valueThis study provides information about the secrets of longevity of four very old family firms. The narratives revealed that strengthening the identity of the entrepreneurial family and employees of the family business as well as generating a shared reality, supports constructive handling of challenges and crises. This study contributes to theory by answering calls for narrative analysis in family firms and to practice by showing what younger companies can learn from long-lived family businesses.

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“…, 2013). Moral values also reinforce the feeling that one's own work and commitment are important for experiencing self-worth and social recognition (Rüsen et al. , 2021).…”

Section: Analysis Of the Guiding Narrativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Analysis Of the Guiding Narrativesmentioning

confidence: 99%