Work-Family Role Construction and Management in Family Firms: Family and Non-Family Employees

Family businesses are a unique context for studying work-family role dynamics because work and family can be intertwined at the family, business, and individual levels. This paper draws upon several key family and work-family theories to develop a multilevel model of work-family role identity formation and management in the family business. We focus on the influence of family business cohesion at the organization level, family cohesion at the family level, and individual work-family role integration and segmentation at the individual level. We discuss implications for human resource management in family businesses in terms of person-environment fit.