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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The tetralemma of the business family : A systemic approach to business-family dilemmas in research and practice
:
A systemic approach to business-family dilemmas in research and practice
Published in:Journal of Organizational Change Management
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1108/jocm-08-2019-0254
ISSN:
0953-4814
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Purpose</jats:title><jats:p>This conceptual article aims to contribute to the design of a theory of family-influenced firms by a framework for the management of business-family dilemmas.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Design/methodology/approach</jats:title><jats:p>It combines systemic principles with the tetralemma, a tool from ancient Indian logic that families and businesses can use to manage and reframe dilemmas without dissolving the dilemmatic tensions or blurring their boundaries.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Findings</jats:title><jats:p>In applying the tetralemma, the article offers a range of suggestions, such as observing business and family as two discrete, yet codependent, social systems and envisioning conceptual and methodological imports from codependency research and therapy into family business research and practice.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type="abstract-subheading">Originality/value</jats:title><jats:p>The article proposes a framework for the selective and flexible navigation of family-business tensions without dissolving them or blurring their boundaries.</jats:p></jats:sec>