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To resolve ambiguities in defining family businesses by establishing a behavior-based theoretical standard against which operational definitions can be evaluated.

July 1, 1999Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Defining the Family Business by Behavior

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JCJess H. ChuaLancaster University JCJames J. ChrismanMississippi State University PSPramodita SharmaUniversity of Vermont

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Conceptual and empirical analysis reveals family involvement metrics weakly predict organizational intentions, suggesting behavior should define family businesses.

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To resolve ambiguities in defining family businesses by establishing a behavior-based theoretical standard against which operational definitions can be evaluated.
Conducted a conceptual analysis comparing traditional operational definitions of family involvement against a proposed behavior-based theoretical definition.
Performed empirical evaluations to test whether components of family involvement reliably predict organizational intentions.
Conceptual analysis demonstrated substantial conceptual overlap between traditional operational definitions of family involvement and the proposed behavioral definition.
Empirical testing revealed that components of family involvement are weak predictors of organizational intentions, indicating they are unreliable for differentiating family from non-family businesses.

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Chua et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d75790ef4aa71f97f30ce3 https://doi.org/10.1177/104225879902300402

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Conceptual and empirical analysis reveals family involvement metrics weakly predict organizational intentions, suggesting behavior should define family businesses.

Defining the Family Business by Behavior

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Defining the Family Business by Behavior

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