Qualitative research practices and family business scholarship: A review and future research agenda

被引：106

作者：

Fletcher, Denise ^{[1
]}

De Massis, Alfredo ^{[2
,3
]}

Nordqvist, Mattias ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Luxembourg, Entrepreneurship & Innovat, 148 Ave Faiencerie, L-1511 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

[2] Univ Lancaster, Sch Management, Entrepreneurship & Family Business, Lancaster LA1 4Y, England

[3] Univ Lancaster, Sch Management, Ctr Family Business, Dept Entrepreneurship Strategy & Innovat, Lancaster LA1 4Y, England

[4] Jonkoping Univ, Jonkoping Int Business Sch, Business Adm, POB 1026, SE-55111 Jonkoping, Sweden

[5] Jonkoping Univ, Jonkoping Int Business Sch, Ctr Family Enterprise & Ownership CeFEO, POB 1026, SE-55111 Jonkoping, Sweden

来源：

JOURNAL OF FAMILY BUSINESS STRATEGY | 2016年 / 7卷 / 01期

关键词：

Qualitative research; Qualitative methods; Epistemology; Interpretivism; Family business; Future research; MANAGEMENT; FIRMS; SUCCESSION; PARADOX; STRATEGY; GAP;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jfbs.2015.08.001

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

In spite of various calls for a wider application of qualitative research in the family business field, it is our contention that the full potential of qualitative inquiry is not being fully realized. Part of the reason for this relates to the tendency to promote methods choice and diversity rather than addressing the foundational questions and processes which underlie qualitative research choices. These tendencies obscure attention to the reasons why researchers choose qualitative methods and the kinds of foundational issues about family businesses that are brought to light through qualitative research. To address this, we undertake an analysis of the most-cited articles using qualitative methods from an annotated bibliography of family business studies. From this, we identify the strengths and weaknesses of extant qualitative studies in family business research and argue for the need to re-orientate calls in family business research towards the foundational questions (rather than methods) that underline qualitative inquiry. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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