TY - JOUR
T1 - Empirics in Family Business Research
T2 - Progress, Challenges, and the Path Ahead
AU - Evert, Robert E.
AU - Martin, John A.
AU - McLeod, Michael S.
AU - Payne, G. Tyge
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015.
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - Competent research methods and data analysis are essential components for the progression of family business research. To identify and evaluate empirical trends, and make suggestions for future research, we examine 319 empirical articles published in Family Business Review since 1988. These studies are compared with 146 family business research articles published in top-tier journals not dedicated to family business research over the same timeframe. While we substantiate growth in rigor and sophistication, we address specific family business research challenges regarding construct validity, generalizability, causality, temporality, and multilevel issues. Suggestions are provided for future empirical research across six major topical areas.
AB - Competent research methods and data analysis are essential components for the progression of family business research. To identify and evaluate empirical trends, and make suggestions for future research, we examine 319 empirical articles published in Family Business Review since 1988. These studies are compared with 146 family business research articles published in top-tier journals not dedicated to family business research over the same timeframe. While we substantiate growth in rigor and sophistication, we address specific family business research challenges regarding construct validity, generalizability, causality, temporality, and multilevel issues. Suggestions are provided for future empirical research across six major topical areas.
KW - empirics
KW - family business
KW - research methods
KW - statistics
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84957818598
U2 - 10.1177/0894486515593869
DO - 10.1177/0894486515593869
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84957818598
SN - 0894-4865
VL - 29
SP - 17
EP - 43
JO - Family Business Review
JF - Family Business Review
IS - 1
ER -