The role of the women in the Chinese Family Businesses: Evidence from Taiwan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24730339
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Business administration
Research Institution	Meiji University
Principal Investigator	Hsu Yu-Hsu 明治大学, 大学院, 准教授 (00547789)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	同族家族企業 / 中華系 / ジェンダー / 女性 / 制度化理論 / 継承 / 家族企業 / 台湾 / 中華系家族企業 / 華人同族企業 / キャリア
Outline of Final Research Achievements	This study aims to investigate the pivotal roles played by the female relatives of the owner in the context of Taiwanese-owned Chinese family business (CFBs) by adopting a mixed-methods approach. A theoretical model was created and tested. The key findings suggest that the female relatives of the owner in CFBs did contributed significant to the firms in terms of conflicts management, succession process, professionalization and human resource management. Their contributions have closed associated with the performance of the CFBs.