Assessing Espoused Goals in Private Family Firms Using Content Analysis
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2012-09-01Author
Aaron F. McKenny
Jeremy C. Short
Miles A. Zachary
G.Tyge Payne
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Abstract
Understanding how private family firms gauge performance is of great interest to family business scholars. Unfortunately, finding comparable data to understand differences in the performance of such firms is challenging. This study draws from the organizational identity literature to show how private family firms communicate different goals in publicly available organizational narratives. The authors illustrate a process using content analysis that allows family business scholars to create a comparative data set that captures both normative and utilitarian goals using website and press release narratives from a sample of Australian firms.
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McKenny, A. F., Short, J. C., Zachary, M. A., & Payne, G. T. (2012). Assessing Espoused Goals in Private Family Firms Using Content Analysis. Family Business Review, 25(3), 298-317. doi: 10.1177/0894486511420422