The Family: The Missing Variable in Organizational Research*

W. Gibb Dyer

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2003, vol. 27, issue 4, 401-416

Abstract: Few studies in the mainstream management literature have included the family as a variable. The focus of this article is to describe (1) why there is a dearth of research using family as a variable; (2) how failing to use the family as a variable in organizational research can lead to incomplete or misleading findings; (3) the issues and concerns related to using the family as a variable in organizational research; and (4) options in research design for using the family as a variable. Given that the vast majority of organizations can be classified as “family firms,†including the family as a variable in research designs will provide researchers with theories that are more robust and that can be generalized to a larger population of organizations.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1111/1540-8520.00018

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