TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing Boundaries Through Identity Work
T2 - The Role of Individual and Organizational Identity Tactics
AU - Knapp, Joshua R.
AU - Smith, Brett R.
AU - Kreiner, Glen E.
AU - Sundaramurthy, Chamu
AU - Barton, Sidney L.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Barbara Gray, Elaine Hollensbe, Vilmos Misangyi, Mike Pratt, and Mathew Sheep for their helpful comments on earlier drafts of the paper. We also express our thanks to our research participants, without whom this work would not be possible. We also thank the Goering Center at the University of Cincinnati for their cooperation. Research for this paper was sponsored in part by funding from San Diego State University’s College of Business and Entrepreneurial Management Center; the Family Owned Business Institute at Grand Valley State University; Miami University’s Farmer School of Business, and Penn State’s Smeal College of Business.
Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Drawing on boundary and identity theories, we examine how individuals manage boundaries in family businesses. Using an inductive, qualitative approach based on interviews of 44 individuals in four family businesses, we find organizational members use 13 identity work tactics, collectively labeled social boundary management, to create and manage boundaries for both individual and organizational identities. We illustrate how individuals use identity work tactics to integrate and segment themselves and others between the domains of family and business. Our findings have implications for family business research, boundary theory, and identity theory.
AB - Drawing on boundary and identity theories, we examine how individuals manage boundaries in family businesses. Using an inductive, qualitative approach based on interviews of 44 individuals in four family businesses, we find organizational members use 13 identity work tactics, collectively labeled social boundary management, to create and manage boundaries for both individual and organizational identities. We illustrate how individuals use identity work tactics to integrate and segment themselves and others between the domains of family and business. Our findings have implications for family business research, boundary theory, and identity theory.
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U2 - 10.1177/0894486512474036
DO - 10.1177/0894486512474036
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84887506508
VL - 26
SP - 333
EP - 355
JO - Family Business Review
JF - Family Business Review
SN - 0894-4865
IS - 4
ER -