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

Michael-Tsabari Nava () and Tan Wee Liang ()
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Michael-Tsabari Nava: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, the William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Haifa, Israel
Tan Wee Liang: Lee Kong Chian School of Management, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore

Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2013, vol. 3, issue 3, 391-424

Abstract: 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 literatures, we identify cohesion and flexibility as the two primary dimensions of the family metaphor. We build on illustrative cases of three sports teams to explore these dimensions in a non-family business setting. Our exploratory analysis of these cases reveals the existence of family features and extends our understanding of these features beyond family businesses.

Keywords: family features; family metaphor; non-family firms; pseudo-family; sports teams (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1515/erj-2012-0018

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