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Owner-Manager Attitudes to Family and Business Issues: A 16 Country Study

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This paper reports the results of a 16-country study into the attitudes of owner-managers to both business and family decisions. Three clusters of attitudes emerged—those who wished to involve their family, those who wished to strike a balance, and those who wished to exclude the family. The paper concludes that there is a set of attitudes towards the family and the business that consistently combine to divide owner-managers. This research highlights the need to examine this perspective and to explore further how it may vary across countries.

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  • Sue Birley, 2001. "Owner-Manager Attitudes to Family and Business Issues: A 16 Country Study," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 26(2), pages 63-76, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:entthe:v:26:y:2001:i:2:p:63-76
    DOI: 10.1177/104225870102600204
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