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Accepted Paper:
Family as Ideology of Business
Tomoko Connolly
(College of William and Mary)
Paper short abstract:
This paper examines diverse concepts of “family” that are used as part of ideology and legitimization of business firms.
Paper long abstract:
Family owned business is a predominant form of business enterprise in the world. We tend to take family business for granted. This paper examines diverse concepts of "family" that are used as part of ideology and legitimization of business firms. The so-called familism is often deployed by management for justifying hierarchical order, organizational solidarity, community engagement, organizational priorities, and profit-seeking. Examples of family as ideology of business will be drawn largely from cases of East Asian business organizations.