and that this relationship depends on the ownership structure of firms. Turnover is lower in family controlled firms and …

This paper analyses HRM practices of family-run workplaces using the 2004 WERS. Family-ownership and management within … workplaces in the corporate sector is our focus. This family-run group represents nationally about 26% of workplaces and 14% of … employment. We find that employees in this group have stronger feelings of job security and loyalty, which we relate to family …

Using nationally representative Norwegian data we show family-owned workplaces are less likely to close than … observationally similar non-family-owned workplaces. But this changed during the Crisis when the family businesses' closure hazard … tendency to kill non-family businesses regardless of the equity level, a need for fresh capital has a tendency to kill family …