Predecessor-Successor Transitions in Institutional and Interpersonal Contexts. On the Development of a Theory of the Transfer of Personal Objects

Predecessor-Successor Transitions in Institutional and Interpersonal Contexts. On the Development of a Theory of the Transfer of Personal Objects

This article outlines the development of a theory of predecessor-successor transitions in social contexts using a grounded theory approach. The theory can be applied to such diverse phenomena as the transfer of family businesses to the next generation, university chair succession, the passing on of...

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Main Author: Franz Breuer
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: FQS 2011-03-01
Series:Forum: Qualitative Social Research
Subjects:
heirs
family roles
family businesses
freedom of action/constraints on action
generations
grounded theory
identification
identity
interpersonal negotiation of meaning
university chair succession
object transfer
organ transplantation
Online Access:http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1653

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