TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kets de Vries,Manfred F.R.
AU  - Carlock,Randel S.
AU  - Florent-Treacy,Elizabeth
TI  - Family business on the couch: a psychological perspective 
SN  - 9781119209027
AV  - HD62.25 .K485 2007eb
U1  - 338.6/42 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chichester, England, Hoboken, NJ
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Family-owned business enterprises
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Entreprises familiales
KW  - Aspect psychologique
KW  - �Etudes de cas
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Small Business
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Familiebedrijven
KW  - gtt
KW  - Psychologische aspecten
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Questions and observations -- Introduction -- A psychological perspective on business families -- Psychodynamic and family systemic perspectives -- Key ideas from the psychodynamic approach -- The role of transference and countertransference -- The family systemic perspective -- A therapeutic alliance -- A summing-up -- The challenges of love and work -- Conflicting goals in the family business -- The tree-circles model -- How conflict can develop -- Family business practices : assessing strengths and weaknesses -- The interface of business and family practices -- Assessing the health of a family business -- Reflection and learning -- The life cycle as an organizing construct -- The multiple life cycles of the family business -- Key models of human psychological development -- The family life cycle -- Carter and McGoldrick's family-based life cycle model -- Applying the life cycle in family businesses -- Narcissism, envy, and myths in family firms -- Personality types -- Managerial implications of dysfunctional narcissism -- The importance of individuation -- The family firm as transitional object -- The power of envy -- Games families play : the role of family myths -- The impact of family myths on the family business -- Summary -- The entrepreneur : alone at the top -- Common personality characteristics of founder-entrepreneurs -- Larry Ellison and Oracle -- Deciphering the inner theater of the entrepreneur -- Common defensive structures in founder-entrepreneurs -- Maintaining the balance -- Leadership transition : replacing a parent as CEO -- Options for tackling the succession problem -- The inheritance -- Psychological pressures on new leaders -- Staying on course -- A systemic view of the business family -- A two-way relationship -- The evolution of systems theory -- The development of family-systems theory -- The family-systems proposition -- Family scripts and rules -- Family scripts in the family business -- A practical example of family systems thinking -- Diagnosing family entanglements -- The family genogram -- The circumplex model of marriage and family systems -- Differentiation of self from family of origin -- Two family stories -- Integration and action -- Addressing transitions and change -- Lewin's ideas on change -- A model of individual change -- Major themes in the individual journey towards change -- The process of change within organizations -- The change process in families -- Family-focus or organization-focus? -- The vicissitudes of family business -- The Steinbergs : a study in self-destruction -- The immigrant dream -- His mother's son -- The entrepreneur's vision -- Sam as a family business leader -- The entrepreneur's dilemma : passing the baton -- The next generation -- Irving Ludmer : play it again, Sam -- A family systems perspective on the Steinbergs -- The effects of Sam Steinberg's inner world on the family business -- The inner theatre of Sam's daughters -- What if? -- Putting family business intervention into practice -- The family action research process -- The succession conundrum -- The role of the outside adviser -- Advice to families seeking help -- The benefits of a psychodynamic systems perspective
UR  - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119209027
ER  -