The Burden of History in the Family Business Organization
(2016) In Organization Studies 37(8). p.1089-1111- Abstract
In this article we focus on the study of history through the use of narratives, within the context of the prevalent form of organization worldwide: the family business. Specifically we consider the dilemma of the impossible gift of succession using Nietzsche’s discussion of the burden of history and paralleling the story of a family business succession with that of Shakespeare’s King Lear. This way, we seek to make a contribution to organizational studies by answering recent calls to engage more with history in studies of business organizations. By implication, the study also initiates an integration of family business studies into organization studies.
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- author
- Hjorth, Daniel LU and Dawson, Alexandra
- publishing date
- 2016-08-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- family business, history, narratives, Nietzsche, succession
- in
- Organization Studies
- volume
- 37
- issue
- 8
- pages
- 23 pages
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84979536587
- ISSN
- 0170-8406
- DOI
- 10.1177/0170840615613375
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
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