Paradoxical communication and divergent logics in business families and family businesses
Systems-theoretical frameworks and applications
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- Hardcover
- Release Date
7 December 2026
Summary
Business families navigate multiple complex social systems, oscillating between divergent logics and expectations. This often leads to paradoxical communication and increased tension. Using systems theory, this dissertation explores how business families manage the clash between family and business through communication. It combines a systematic literature review, a conceptual paper, and a qualitative study to reveal guiding distinctions within family, organizational, legal, economic, and political systems. Finally, it applies systemic coaching tools to help business families address paradoxes and dilemmas in succession and change processes.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783847119623 |
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| ISBN-10: | 3847119621 |
| Author: | Dr. Theresa Arnold, Prof. Dr. Heiko Kleve, Steffen Roth |
| Publisher: | V&R unipress GmbH |
| Imprint: | V&R unipress GmbH |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 7 December 2026 |
| Series: | Schriften zu Familienunternehmen |
Dr. Theresa Arnold
Dr. Theresa Arnold is a human resource developer and systemic consultant. She holds an MA in Sociology from Goethe University Frankfurt and a PhD in Political Science and Economics from the University of Witten/Herdecke.
Prof. Dr. phil. Heiko Kleve is a sociologist and social pedagogue, systemic consultant, coach, and mediator. He holds the endowed professorship for Organization and Development of Entrepreneurial Families at the Witten Institute for Family Business (WIFU), Department for Management and Entrepreneurship (MUT), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (WiGe) at the University of Witten/Herdecke. His research, teaching, and consulting focus on questions of life management and conflict resolution in entrepreneurial families, family strategy development, and succession issues in family businesses from a psycho-social perspective.
Prof. Dr. Dr. Steffen Roth FRSA is a Full Professor of Management at Excelia Business School, La Rochelle, France, as well as a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK.
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