Exploring Family Features in Non-Family Organizations: The Family Metaphor and its Behavioral Manifestations

• Main Authors: MICHAEL-TSABARI, Nava, TAN, Wee Liang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: family features; family metaphor; non-family firms; pseudo-family; sports teams; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/3515; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/4514/viewcontent/NewBusinesModel_MTsabari_Tan_erj_2012_0018.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this study, we explore the possibility of reproducing family business characteristics in the professional context of a non-family organization and analyze the behavioral manifestations of this application. Drawing upon discussions in the family therapy, organizational behavior and family business...