“…In fact, gender has been omitted as future research in the family firm domain (Al-Dajani, Bika, Collins, & Swail, 2014). Research on women in the family business is still small, fragmented and conceptual (Danes & Olson, 2003;Sharma & Irving, 2005;Vera & Dean, 2005;Jimenez, 2009;Bjursell & Bäckvall, 2011) especially on their involvement in top management (Cappuyns, 2007;Lerner & Malach-Pines, 2011). Initial investigations have focused on the invisible woman with predominantly passive and family roles (Bjursell & Bäckvall, 2011) and on the obstacles encountered by women (Dumas, 1989).…”