Long-lasting family businesses are usually equipped with dense storytelling about the foundation and the development of the firm. These narrations are implemented through various techniques and carry on much information about heritage, values and people who made the longevity and the success of the firm. From the cultural point of view, family businesses are particularly interesting organisations as their operations are strictly linked to personal stories of owners and founders. In this vein, we performed a qualitative analysis to understand how women's role is described in narratives of firms. The research aims to analyse such narrative information to (1) verify the presence of a description of women's role, (2) individuate the temporal location of women's role narratives (period and/or business phase), (3) understand which values (e.g. ethical, human, etc.) are currently linked the women’s role. The first step of the research consists in the selection of a panel of long-lasting family businesses. For this purpose, we considered Italian firms associated with the Henokiens (https://www.henokiens.com/index.php) an international association between bicentenary family companies. The Henokiens Association has been founded in 1981 to promote the concept of family businesses as a viable alternative to multinational corporations; it currently gathers 49 members (12 Italians, 15 French, 9 Japanese, 4 German, 3 Swiss, 2 Dutch, 2 Belgian, 1 English and 1 Austrian). The (qualitative) research is designed as a multiple case study by using secondary sources (websites, papers, newspapers, magazines, etc.). Limitations: The research only considers firms that are associated with the Henokiens Association but other long-lasting family businesses (at least bicentenary firms) may likely exist over the countries represented in the association. Further perspectives: The research considers Italian family businesses. Further developments may include an analysis of the other countries’ perspective as well as a comparison between them.
Paoloni, P., Mattei, G., Paoloni, N., Palmaccio, M. (2020). Women's role in Long-Lasting Family Business: an Analysis of the Narratives. In Knowledge in Digital Age - IFKAD Conference Proceedings (pp.1328-1337).
Women's role in Long-Lasting Family Business: an Analysis of the Narratives
Giorgia Mattei;Niccolò Paoloni;
2020-01-01
Abstract
Long-lasting family businesses are usually equipped with dense storytelling about the foundation and the development of the firm. These narrations are implemented through various techniques and carry on much information about heritage, values and people who made the longevity and the success of the firm. From the cultural point of view, family businesses are particularly interesting organisations as their operations are strictly linked to personal stories of owners and founders. In this vein, we performed a qualitative analysis to understand how women's role is described in narratives of firms. The research aims to analyse such narrative information to (1) verify the presence of a description of women's role, (2) individuate the temporal location of women's role narratives (period and/or business phase), (3) understand which values (e.g. ethical, human, etc.) are currently linked the women’s role. The first step of the research consists in the selection of a panel of long-lasting family businesses. For this purpose, we considered Italian firms associated with the Henokiens (https://www.henokiens.com/index.php) an international association between bicentenary family companies. The Henokiens Association has been founded in 1981 to promote the concept of family businesses as a viable alternative to multinational corporations; it currently gathers 49 members (12 Italians, 15 French, 9 Japanese, 4 German, 3 Swiss, 2 Dutch, 2 Belgian, 1 English and 1 Austrian). The (qualitative) research is designed as a multiple case study by using secondary sources (websites, papers, newspapers, magazines, etc.). Limitations: The research only considers firms that are associated with the Henokiens Association but other long-lasting family businesses (at least bicentenary firms) may likely exist over the countries represented in the association. Further perspectives: The research considers Italian family businesses. Further developments may include an analysis of the other countries’ perspective as well as a comparison between them.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
