Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for Family Business: (Handbooks of Research Methods in Management series)

This indispensable Handbook provides a timely and comprehensive guide to the methodological challenges of qualitative research in family business. Written by an international, multidisciplinary team of experts in the field, the Handbook takes a hands-on approach, offering valuable insights into a range of methods and related questions. Providing practical guidance based on the experiences of senior researchers, as well as expanding conceptual understanding of qualitative methods, chapters explore existing practices and issues common to many research projects, such as getting access to informants and technical or publication hurdles. Featuring reflective discussion on how to craft insightful, rigorous studies, the Handbook will increase scholars' confidence in using qualitative methods in their own research, from traditional case studies to more recent methods such as QCA. This Handbook will prove invaluable to instructors of qualitative research methods, as well as scholars and students of family business and entrepreneurship. Researchers using qualitative methods in other social sciences will also find its recommendations relevant and useful. Contributors include: R. Adiguna, N. Bhatnagar, M. Brumana, A. Calabro, A. Colli, A. Dawson, A. De Massis, C. Dessi, A. Dettori, G. Dorian, K.D. Elsbach, P. Fernandez Perez, D. Fletcher, M. Floris, I. Ghai, W. Gibb Dyer, V.L. Glaser, F. Hoy, A.E. James, J.E. Jennings, N. Kammerlander, K. Kampouri, R. Labaki, G. Laffranchini, G. Lauto, T. Leppäaho, L. Melin, E. Micelotta, L.M. Nor, M. Nordqvist, E. Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, M.J. Parada Balderrama, D. Pittino, E. Plakoyiannaki, C. Pongelli, K. Ramachandran, A. Ruzzene, A.G. Sandig, P. Sharma, E.A. Tetzlaff, J. van Helvert-Beugels, K. Vasilevska, F. Visintin, M. Waldkirch, M. Yusof

Table of Contents:
Contents: List of contributors vii Foreword by Roy Suddaby x Foreword by Professor Trish Reay xii 1 Frequently asked questions in qualitative family business research and some guidelines to avoid risky paths 1 Nadine Kammerlander and Alfredo De Massis PART I TRENDS AND PROSPECTS IN FAMILY BUSINESS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS 2 Qualitative research in family business: methodological insights to leverage inspiration, avoid data asphyxiation and develop robust theory 25 Evelyn Micelotta, Vern L. Glaser and Gabrielle Dorian 3 Full-cycle research in family business contexts: combining qualitative case studies and quantitative methods 48 Kimberly D. Elsbach and Ishita Ghai 4 Ethnography: a much-advocated but underused qualitative methodology in published accounts of family business research 72 Denise Fletcher and Rocky Adiguna 5 Historical methods in family business studies 98 Andrea Colli and Paloma Fernandez Perez PART II CASE STUDY RESEARCH 6 The evolution of case study methodology in the study of family enterprises 125 Giacomo Laffranchini and Frank Hoy 7 The case study in family business: current perspectives and suggestions for the future 161 Tanja Leppäaho, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Katerina Kampouri and Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki 8 Religion and business families’ philanthropic practices 191 Navneet Bhatnagar, Pramodita Sharma and Kavil Ramachandran 9 How can qualitative research advance the understanding of family firms’ internationalization? A multiple case study of family firms internationalizing into China and India 208 Claudia Pongelli and Andrea Calabrò PART III USING NARRATIVE-BASED APPROACHES AND INVESTIGATING INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS 10 Mapping narratives in family business studies: a guideline for researchers 224 Michela Floris, Cinzia Dessì and Angela Dettori 11 Growth through innovation and internationalization: exploring the role of family business identity through narrative analysis 248 Alexandra Dawson, Maria José Parada Balderrama and Alberto Gimeno Sandig 12 Illuminating the space between: investigating interpersonal relationships in family firms through qualitative inquiry 270 Matthias Waldkirch PART IV ALTERNATIVE METHODS AND METHODOLOGIES 13 Reasons, opportunities and methods for a visual analysis of organizational tensions in family business 284 Mara Brumana, Attilia Ruzzene and Katerina Vasilevska 14 The fsQCA method in family business research 304 Daniel Pittino, Francesca Visintin and Giancarlo Lauto 15 Treating non-family managers like family: new insights from a re-analysis of pre-existing qualitative interview data 321 Jennifer E. Jennings, Albert E. James and Elizabeth A. Tetzlaff 16 Research methods on emotions in family business 351 Rania Labaki PART V PUBLISHING QUALITATIVE FAMILY BUSINESS RESEARCH AND ADDRESSING PRACTICAL ISSUES 17 Why do so many qualitative studies of family businesses get rejected? Confessions of a recovering associate editor of the Family Business Review 390 W. Gibb Dyer 18 Engaging practitioners in qualitative family business research: an engaged scholarship approach 399 Judith van Helvert-Beugels, Mattias Nordqvist and Leif Melin 19 Bridging communication, building trust: the art and science of getting access to informants and preparing them for in-depth qualitative inquiry 418 Leilanie Mohd Nor and Mohar Yusof Index 427

About the Author :
Edited by Alfredo De Massis, D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, IMD Business School, Switzerland and Lancaster University, UK and Nadine Kammerlander, Chair of Family Business, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany

Review :
'One of the reasons for the shortage of qualitative studies published in top academic journals has been the lack of rigorous methodological directions. Alfredo De Massis and Nadine Kammerlander's Handbook fills this gap by offering an encompassing set of guidelines and clever suggestions to perform rich investigations of the most salient phenomena in family business, and to publish the results. These thoughtful and immediately applicable methods tremendously enhance scholars' ability to understand and explain these complex and fascinating organizations.' --Carlo Salvato, Bocconi University, Italy'Globally, interest in researching phenomena surrounding family businesses and business families is growing. Simultaneously, expectations regarding rigor and quality of research methods are also being elevated. This edited book serves as an invaluable resource for scholars seeking to produce meaningful and impactful qualitative research, not just in family business but in related fields as well.' --Tyge Payne, Texas Tech University, US 'This is a superb book on a critical and much-neglected approach to family business research. It offers a set of inspiring chapters by leading authors that do a wonderful job of addressing the core techniques and challenges of qualitative methods as they apply to family firm research. I most highly recommend this book to all family business researchers wishing to plumb more deeply the dynamics, problems and opportunities of family enterprise.' --Danny Miller, HEC Montréal, Canada