Advancing Family Business Research Through Narrative Analysis
提出用叙事分析研究家族企业传承过程，识别出领导风格、信任沟通、历史身份等五个关键主题，适合关注家族企业研究方法创新的学者。
Despite advances in family business research, the field would benefit from greater methodological rigor. However, rigor does not mean convergence of methodologies. In this article, the authors adopt a novel approach, based on narrative analysis, to address the succession process in a family business. This interpretive perspective is appropriate for family business studies, which address multifaceted and complex social constructs that are performed by different actors in multiple contexts. The analysis highlights five key themes centering on leadership style and succession, trust and communication, balance between agents, history and identity, and fear of losing one’s identity and social standing through the succession process.