| Over the past decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of daughters working in family businesses. Previous literature, which has drawn on case studies or phenomenological research, has asserted the potential benefits and challenges that women in family businesses experience when managing the overlap of the family and the business systems. Because the sample sizes used for the previous studies were small, few of them quantitatively examined the relationships within family businesses. This exploratory study quantifies the impact of the family relationship on the experience of daughters who are working in family businesses (N=69). Using The Family Climate Scale (Bjornberg & Nicholson, 2007), aspects of the family relationship were found to predict a daughter's Organizational Commitment, Job Role Ambiguity, and Job Satisfaction. A daughter's work experience was also found to be affected by the nature of the industry in which she works, her age, whether or not she has children, and her level of education. The clinical implications of these findings are explored. |
