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      Italian Family Business Cultures Involved in the Generational Change

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          In family firms, the business and the family are two arenas in which processes significantly overlap and influence management. The present paper investigates the overlap of the family system and the business through the use of culture. Adopting an idiographic approach and recognising the unique psychodynamic process of family business (FB), this study aims to identify the cultural patterns within the FB, starting from what families define as a) family, b) business and, c) the generational change. Twenty-five family firms were considered during the generational change. The results show how and when this overlap takes shape pointing out how the role of family tradition can became a critical or success factor for the business.

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                Journal
                EJOP
                Eur J Psychol
                Europe's Journal of Psychology
                Eur. J. Psychol.
                PsychOpen
                1841-0413
                28 February 2014
                : 10
                : 1
                : 79-103
                Affiliations
                [a ]Human, Philosophic, and Educational Science Department, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
                [b ]Psychology Department, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano, Italy
                [3]Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
                Author notes
                [* ]Department of Human, Philosophic and Educational Science, Stecca I, Room 2052, via Giovanni Paolo II nr 132 84084 Fisciano (Sa). rruggieri@ 123456unisa.it
                Article
                ejop.v10i1.625
                10.5964/ejop.v10i1.625
                ba5292e6-4cae-4f9b-bdb7-8a30f3102899
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

                History
                : 13 May 2013
                : 17 December 2013
                Categories
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                Psychology
                generational change,family business,local culture,EAT Method,Italian family business case

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