Evolutionary Psychology and Family Business: A New Synthesis for Theory, Research, and Practice

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Resilience of Family Firms: An Introduction (2011, background): “…may continue to exist in large numbers because family involvement provides temporary advantages in early stages of venture development (Chang, Chrisman, Chua, & Kellermanns, 2008) or because human beings just naturally prefer to organize economic activity around the family unit (Nicholson, 2008).”
Evolutionary Perspectives on Workplace Gossip: Why and How Gossip Can Serve Groups (2010, background): “Among management researchers, a growing number of books and papers have developed and applied evolutionary perspectives to contemporary organizational behavior (e.g., Markóczy & Goldberg, 1998; Nicholson, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008; Nicholson & White, 2006; Pierce & White, 1999).”
Exploring the relation between family involvement and firms' financial performance: A meta-analysis of main and moderator effects (2012, background): “The family is the primary economic unit in human history and has evolved as the dominant “species” of organizational design (Darwin, 1871; Goody, 1996; Megarry, 1995; Nicholson, 2008a, 2008b; Sahlins, 1972).”
Examining the Relation Between Ethical Focus and Financial Performance in Family Firms: An Exploratory Study (2010, background): “Finally, the importance of shared values (related to the family) among organizational members has been found to be a cornerstone of family involvement (e.g., Nicholson, 2008a, 2008b).”