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Gibb Dyer Jr. And W. Justin Dyer. "Putting the Family into Family Business
Research." Family Business Review, Vol. 22, No. 3 (September 2009): 216-219.
Retrieved October 13, 2012:
http://fbr.sagepub.com/content/22/3/216.full.pdf+html
This article explains some of the issues that arise in connection with measuring the effects of family relationships and family systems on family-owned or family-operated businesses. It regards families as complex systems representing numerous potential variables that could potentially impact the manner in which family-owned businesses are run. Using the metaphor of the iceberg, the authors suggest that most of the variables within family systems that are relevant to understanding the connection between family systems and businesses are unseen on the surface of a cursory examination and require a much more in-depth understanding of the family. According to the authors, it is important to have a basic understanding of family systems theory first, as a necessary element of understanding how family dynamics affect or shape the business.
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