The Case Study in Family Business: An Analysis of Current Research Practices and Recommendations

被引：36
作者：
Leppaaho, Tanja [1 ]
Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella [2 ]
Dimitratos, Pavlos [3 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Jyvaskyla, Sch Business & Econ, Entrepreneurship & Int Business, Jyvaskyla 40014, Finland
[2] Univ Leeds, Sch Business, Int Business, Leeds, W Yorkshire, England
[3] Univ Glasgow, Adam Smith Business Sch, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
来源：
FAMILY BUSINESS REVIEW | 2016年 / 29卷 / 02期
关键词：
case study; family business; philosophy of science; qualitative positivism; critical realism; interpretivism; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; INTERNATIONALIZATION PATHWAYS; RHETORICAL ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT RESEARCH; IDENTITY WORK; FIRMS; SUCCESSION; KNOWLEDGE; ENVIRONMENT; GENERATIONS;
D O I：
10.1177/0894486515614157
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
In this study, we identified and analyzed 75 articles in the family business (FB) literature between 2000 and 2014 as to the case study design they adopted. We found that the positivistic case study approach is the FB disciplinary convention. The two alternative approaches of critical realism and interpretivism are used to a significantly lesser extent. We anticipate that in the future the positivistic approach will continue to be used widely. The other two approaches can be employed to a higher extent since their use is likely to contribute to a scientific pluralism in FB case study research.
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