How Family Meetings Lead To Collective Action Habbershon

How Family Meetings lead to Collective Action Habbershon and Astrachan

Shared Beliefs or “Collective Cognitions” Theory (Langfield-Smith 1992)
If family members believe that a group unity exists this will motivate a collective behaviour
Families often agree far more than they perceive
Effectiveness if family meetings is achieved by creating a forum for processing individual beliefs
CONCLUSIONS
Better Performance
Increases the probability of long-term family business survival
Action is better than inaction
Reaching and agreement is not the main purpose but the frequency in which family beliefs are reassessed

Activities to facilitate Common Beliefs

Perceived agreement among family members can be measured
Family meetings do have impact on shared beliefs in family business groups
Family meetings may increase the perception of family agreement among family members
Perceived agreement among family members directly impacts the level of collective action and system outcomes.
More research to be conducted on which types of interventions work better and under what conditions within family businesses.
Further investigations should be developed on the effectiveness on different family meetings interventions in the changes of perceived agreements.
Can this paper lead to affirm that changing agreement levels could have a great impact on business activity and perhaps family business success?
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How Family Meetings Lead To Collective Action Habbershon

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