Frequently asked questions in qualitative family business research and some guidelines to avoid risky paths

Kammerlander, Nadine; Massis, Alfredo Vittorio De

doi:10.4337/9781788116459.00007

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“…We adopt the qualitative methodology because it is theoretically interesting, combines different data sources, focuses on the relevant issues and are systematic yet non-linear (Kammerlander & De Massis, 2020). Before commencing on the data collection, there was self-questioning to ensure that the stated objectives will be achieved.…”

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Cultural Effects on Women’s Entrepreneurial Behaviours in Higher Education Institutions: A Study of The Polygamous Family Firm Context in the Southern Region of Nigeria

Koroye¹,

Dada²

2022

The African Context of Business and Society

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Cultural Effects on Women’s Entrepreneurial Behaviours in Higher Education Institutions: A Study of The Polygamous Family Firm Context in the Southern Region of Nigeria

Koroye¹,

Dada²

2022

The African Context of Business and Society

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“…This investigation follows a qualitative approach to data. Qualitative studies are recommended when the research question aims to understand the process rather than the outcomes of a phenomenon (Kammerlander & De Massis, 2020). Accordingly, this investigation adopted a process research approach (Langley, 2008, p. 173).…”

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“…Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions. This research instrument is especially useful in the family 16 business context to gather rich data about a complex phenomenon (Kammerlander & De Massis, 2020), which is the case of this investigation. To proceed with the storage and transcription of data, researchers made use of a professional recording device, used transcription software and took notes.…”

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Institutional settings and local embeddedness of European entrepreneurial families: an inter-regional comparison

Martínez-Sanchis

Landart

Amonarriz

et al. 2021

European Planning Studies

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The interaction between institutional settings and Entrepreneurial Families (EFs) is two-fold. Extant literature has attempted to understand how institutional settings can affect Family Businesses' embeddedness. Both perspectives are complementary and necessary to recognise that EFs are not only locally embedded in their territories, but they are also entrenched in institutions. Despite this, how different institutional settings impact on EFs' local embeddedness remains unexplored. To fill this gap, we combine institutional theory and family business research to perform a qualitative investigation. Drawing on the Varieties of Capitalism institutional categorisation, an exploratory study is carried out by including four European regions from countries that are positioned as a Coordinated Market Economy (CME) (Germany), a Liberal Market Economy (LME) (United Kingdom) and two cases of Mediterranean capitalist system (France and Spain). 43 semi-structured interviews were conducted across the regions and analysed through an open-coding process. Findings unveil that EFs' local embeddedness is conditioned by different institutional settings in different ways, namely through codified mechanisms (CME and Spain) and through nonformalised mechanisms (LME and France). These are unfolded in 20 mechanisms, which contribute to territorial policies adjustments depending on the category of institutional setting where EFs are locally embedded.

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“…Given the limited previous work on the roles of spouses and widows in family firms, we chose an inductive approach and purposeful sampling of the cases (Eisenhardt, 1989; Patton, 2002, p. 230). The value of such an inductive case study approach in family business research is highlighted by for example De Massis and Kotlar (2014) and Kammerlander and De Massis (2020). We explore the roles a widow considers or takes in a family business when the owner-manager spouse dies.…”

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Owner-manager when death do us part – roles of a widow in sudden succession in family firms

Almlöf

Sjögren

2021

JFBM

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PurposeThis study sheds light on a hitherto understudied group in family business literature: widows. We explore the roles a widow may take following the unexpected death of her owner-manager spouse when she had no salient role in the business prior to the death.Design/methodology/approachWe used a qualitative approach to research, to study inductively the roles considered and taken by three widows who unexpectedly succeeded as owners of Swedish privately held family firms. We conducted semi-structured interviews with widows and children in top management.FindingsWe construct a typology of four main roles a widow can take and analyse the underlying dimensions that they represent. We also analyse to which extent the choice of role widow can be explained by psychological ownership and double-loss theory. The typology can be used as a tool for family business owners and their advisors as the basis of an open and non-prejudiced discussion of the choices available to a widow.Originality/valueWe have investigated the factors that influence a widow's decision whether to take over the business or not, as suggested in previous research by, for example, Martinez et al. (2009). We explore the roles a widow can consider and adopt. The study advances our understanding of how businesses can remain as family firms also in the event of the unexpected death of an owner-manager (De Massis et al., 2008). We hereby contribute to the literature on sudden successions and on women in family businesses.

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Frequently asked questions in qualitative family business research and some guidelines to avoid risky paths

Cited by 15 publications

References 22 publications

Cultural Effects on Women’s Entrepreneurial Behaviours in Higher Education Institutions: A Study of The Polygamous Family Firm Context in the Southern Region of Nigeria

Cultural Effects on Women’s Entrepreneurial Behaviours in Higher Education Institutions: A Study of The Polygamous Family Firm Context in the Southern Region of Nigeria

Institutional settings and local embeddedness of European entrepreneurial families: an inter-regional comparison

Owner-manager when death do us part – roles of a widow in sudden succession in family firms

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