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Impacts of entrepreneurs’ stress and family members on SMEs’ business success in Serbian family-owned firms

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  • Mihic, Marko M.
  • Arsic, Sinisa M.
  • Arsic, Milos Z.

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This paper focuses on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Serbia, with a special emphasis on family-owned businesses. The main goal of this research is to analyze family business owners’ perception of stress caused by high levels of responsibility and flexible working hours, as well as to analyze the influence of family member employees on the success of a company. This research has confirmed that high levels of responsibility and flexible working hours do not represent important factors for giving up on starting a business. Furthermore, owners perceive these two stressors as “positive” stress. The second important result of this study is that a large number of family member employees, and unclear hierarchy between them, can endanger a company’s success in terms of annual income and annual turnover.

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  • Mihic, Marko M. & Arsic, Sinisa M. & Arsic, Milos Z., 2015. "Impacts of entrepreneurs’ stress and family members on SMEs’ business success in Serbian family-owned firms," Journal of East European Management Studies, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 20(4), pages 452-483.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:joeems:jeems-2015-04-mihic
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    1. Siniša Arsić & Koviljka Banjević & Aleksandra Nastasić & Dragana Rošulj & Miloš Arsić, 2018. "Family Business Owner as a Central Figure in Customer Relationship Management," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-19, December.

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    Keywords

    Serbian SME sector; family; business success; stress; SME owner;
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    JEL classification:

    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M20 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - General
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
    • M51 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Firm Employment Decisions; Promotions
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management

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