This special issue of the Journal of Family and Economic Issues invites original empirical or theoretical research papers relevant to family business. The need for better understanding of family business issues is greater today than at any other time due to current economic and demographic trends. Not only does the current situation pose challenges to family business owners and managers, but it also provides opportunities for researchers to influence policy makers, business consultants, and practitioners. This special issue will bring together papers that investigate broad topics in family business, and both quantitative and qualitative papers are welcome.

Suggested areas of research for this special JFEI issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Managerial strategies for family owned businesses

  • Resource management and family owned businesses

  • Trends in family owned businesses

  • Family business succession/continuance

  • Family relations and family business issues

  • Family business success and performance measures

  • Family/business wellbeing and financial issues

  • Cross-cultural analyses of family businesses

  • Family business behaviors in disaster and crisis conditions

  • Growth and sustainability issues for family owned businesses

We would welcome papers which are related to any of the above themes for our 2010 special issue of JFEI.

Submission Guidelines

Please follow the 5th Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association to prepare your manuscript. The manuscript should not be more than 35 pages in length, including text, tables, figures, and references. Send an electronic copy of the paper to the journal’s submission website at htpp://www.springerlink.com/content/1058-0476 on or before October 31, 2009. In the author’s note please indicate that the submission is for the “Family Business” special issue. The special issue will be published in December 2010.

For more information please contact

Linda S. Niehm, Ph.D., Guest Editor

Department of Apparel, Educational Studies, and Hospitality Management

1066 Le Baron Hall

Iowa State University

Ames, IA 50011-1120

niehmlin@iastate.edu

(515) 294-1930 (Office) or (515) 231-6157

(515) 294-6364 (Fax)

Jane Swinney, Ph.D., Associate Guest Editor

Department of Design, Housing and Merchandising

445 HES Building

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK 74078

swinnej@okstate.edu

(405) 744-6552