Italian Family Business Cultures Involved in the Generational Change
In family firms, the business and the family are two arenas in which processes significantly overlap and influence management. The present paper investigates the overlap of the family system and the business through the use of culture. Adopting an idiographic approach and recognising the unique psyc...
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| author | Ruggero Ruggieri Maura Pozzi Silvio Ripamonti |
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| description | In family firms, the business and the family are two arenas in which processes significantly overlap and influence management. The present paper investigates the overlap of the family system and the business through the use of culture. Adopting an idiographic approach and recognising the unique psychodynamic process of family business (FB), this study aims to identify the cultural patterns within the FB, starting from what families define as a) family, b) business and, c) the generational change. Twenty-five family firms were considered during the generational change. The results show how and when this overlap takes shape pointing out how the role of family tradition can became a critical or success factor for the business. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-007f1e0b9df34b70b3cb3a810399c7862023-01-02T00:49:12ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyEurope's Journal of Psychology1841-04132014-02-011017910310.5964/ejop.v10i1.625ejop.v10i1.625Italian Family Business Cultures Involved in the Generational ChangeRuggero Ruggieri0Maura Pozzi1Silvio Ripamonti2Human, Philosophic, and Educational Science Department, University of Salerno, Salerno, ItalyPsychology Department, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, ItalyPsychology Department, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, ItalyIn family firms, the business and the family are two arenas in which processes significantly overlap and influence management. The present paper investigates the overlap of the family system and the business through the use of culture. Adopting an idiographic approach and recognising the unique psychodynamic process of family business (FB), this study aims to identify the cultural patterns within the FB, starting from what families define as a) family, b) business and, c) the generational change. Twenty-five family firms were considered during the generational change. The results show how and when this overlap takes shape pointing out how the role of family tradition can became a critical or success factor for the business.http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/625family businessgenerational changelocal cultureEAT MethodItalian family business case |
| spellingShingle | Ruggero Ruggieri Maura Pozzi Silvio Ripamonti Italian Family Business Cultures Involved in the Generational Change Europe's Journal of Psychology family business generational change local culture EAT Method Italian family business case |
| title | Italian Family Business Cultures Involved in the Generational Change |
| title_full | Italian Family Business Cultures Involved in the Generational Change |
| title_fullStr | Italian Family Business Cultures Involved in the Generational Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Italian Family Business Cultures Involved in the Generational Change |
| title_short | Italian Family Business Cultures Involved in the Generational Change |
| title_sort | italian family business cultures involved in the generational change |
| topic | family business generational change local culture EAT Method Italian family business case |
| url | http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/625 |
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