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Endogeneity Issues in Family Business Research: Current Status and Future Recommendations
Family Business Review
  • Xinrui Zhang
  • Chevy-Hanqing Fang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Junsheng Dou
  • James J. Chrisman
Abstract

Although the family business research field and related disciplines are paying increasing attention to improvements in methodology, there is still insufficient attention being paid to endogeneity issues. We therefore raise awareness of endogeneity and suggest ways to reduce biased results in family business studies. We review publications in the family business literature in terms of (1) the consideration of endogeneity issues, (2) sources of endogeneity for different research topics, and (3) various methods that researchers have used to control for endogeneity. We discuss important lessons learned from the review and offer methodologically oriented recommendations for future family business studies.

Department(s)
Business and Information Technology
Comments
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant 71672173
Keywords and Phrases
  • endogeneity,
  • family business,
  • literature review,
  • quantitative methods
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2023 SAGE Publications, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
3-1-2022
Publication Date
01 Mar 2022
Citation Information
Xinrui Zhang, Chevy-Hanqing Fang, Junsheng Dou and James J. Chrisman. "Endogeneity Issues in Family Business Research: Current Status and Future Recommendations" Family Business Review Vol. 35 Iss. 1 (2022) p. 91 - 116 ISSN: 1741-6248; 0894-4865
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/hanqing-fang/46/