Das Familienunternehmen als selbstgesteuerte Organisation

Zwischen patriarchalen und postpatriarchalen Strukturen

By (author) Eva Hohenberger

Book cover: Das Familienunternehmen als selbstgesteuerte Organisation

Extent: 259 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Business & Economics

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(December 2025)

ISBN: 9783847119241

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $63.00

In stock

Die Reform zu selbstgesteuerten Strukturen in Familienunternehmen bringt Dynamiken im Musterwechsel mit sich, die von familiarem Einfluss gepragt sind und die Umsetzung formaler Regeln mitgestalten.


Despite growing interest in family firms, leadership and organizational practices shaped by the interplay of family and firm remain underexplored – especially regarding decentralization. As work environments change, some small and medium-sized family firms have moved from owner-centered structures to self-managing organizations, redistributing decision-making rights in a formal and systematic way. Based on Luhmann’s systems theory, this qualitative study examines these formal rules and the dynamics emerging in this pattern change, with a focus on the family’s influence in this transition. This study offers insights into self-managing organizations as one form of post-patriarchal structures in family firms.

  • By (author) Eva Hohenberger