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Which Kinds of Workers Leave Family Firms?

researchers have found, we sought to compare non-family blue-collar and white-collar workers, with management Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Franz Kellermanns , Nicole Gottschalck and Christina Guenther

Encouraging Family Business Members to Go the Extra Mile

Family firms typically emphasize one of two management approaches: stewardship, which stresses participation Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston , Franz Kellermanns and Roland Kidwell

How to Grow Your Family Business

When there’s more than one family member on the management team dealing with growth, it’s imperative Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Kerry Hannon

How Family Businesses Can Attract and Keep the Best People

This requires that they evaluate their current human resource management practices and make the changes Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Qizhen Cai and Kimberly Eddleston

Understand Your Family Firm's Core Strengths and Weaknesses

The five dimensions are briefly explained below: Amount of control in family hands Finance and management Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Thomas Zellweger

Working from Home: Tips for Employees and Business Owners

By being aware of the challenges of remote work, employees and their managers can better prepare for Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Jay Mulki

A Family Firm Can Be Both an Innovator and a Great Place to Work

Your model for managing employees needs to evolve over time, and tough economic and competitive periods Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Ruth Überbacher , Leopold von Schlenk-Barnsdorf , Alfredo De Massis and Marcel Hülsbeck

She Always Gives Her All to the Family Firm -- but He Follows the Leader

Family business managers and advisors must recognize that employees’ motivations and behaviors are different Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Kristen Madison

How Family Firms Help Non-Family Employees Feel Like Family

Business families tend to put family members in strategic management positions and aim to pass on the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Peter Jaskiewicz , Josh Hsueh , Elizabeth Tetzlaff and Giovanna Campopiano

A New Entrepreneur Focuses on Staffing Plans

Entrepreneurs often begin with an idea and manage their new business alone — at least in the early stages Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Leslie Hunter-Gadsden