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- Title
Too close and too rigid: Applying the Circumplex Model of Family Systems to First-Generation Family Firms.
- Authors
Michael‐Tsabari, Nava; Lavee, Yoav
- Abstract
Despite growing research interest in family businesses, little is known about the characteristics of the families engaging in them. The present paper uses Olson's ( Journal of Psychotherapy & the Family, 1988, 4(12), 7-49; Journal of Family Therapy, 2000, 22, 144-167) Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems to look at first-generation family firms. We describe existing typologies of family businesses and discuss similarities between the characteristics of first-generation family firms and the rigidly enmeshed family type described in the Circumplex Model. The Steinberg family business (Gibbon & Hadekel (1990) Steinberg: The breakup of a family empire. ON, Canada: MacMillan) serves to illustrate the difficulties of rigidly enmeshed first-generation family firms. Implications for understanding troubled family businesses are discussed together with guidelines for the assessment of a family business in crisis and for intervention: enhancing open communication; allowing for more flexible leadership style, roles, and rules; and maintaining a balance between togetherness and separateness.
- Subjects
CIRCUMPLEX Model of Marital &; Family Systems; FAMILY-owned business enterprises; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; SELF-interest; FAMILY therapists
- Publication
Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 2012, Vol 38, Issue Supp S1, p105
- ISSN
0194-472X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1752-0606.2012.00302.x