Family Identity Research Articles

Trapped in a “golden cage”! The legitimation of women leadership in family business

In family businesses, women who belong to the owning family are increasingly appointed to leadership positions. Nevertheless, their managerial roles do not overlap well with their multiple family roles and family expectations, and they are often trapped in a “golden cage.” Drawing on a multilevel view of legitimacy, we analyze twenty-one in-depth interviews with CEOs, managing directors, and cofounders of family firms to untap the legitimation of women’s leadership. We propose a framework that explores the types of judgments (instrumental, relational, and moral) underpinning such a process. Our findings suggest that multiple role empowerment of women and exposure of daughters to family businesses increase legitimacy, whereas hiding family identities and role conflicts hinder it. The role carry-over that mothers have as chief emotional officers and an organizational context promoting gender equality indirectly contribute to the legitimation of women as leaders.

Work-family habits? Exploring the persistence of traditional work-family decision making in dual-earner couples

Decisions made within the family have long been recognised as a central obstacle to achieving gender equality, not only in the home, but also in the workplace due to the interdependent relationship between work and family domains. Here we focus particularly on how couple-level work-family decision-making processes influence (non)egalitarian work-family decisions. We draw on a qualitative diary study with 60 participants, comprising 30 heterosexual, dual-earner couples situated in the UK, to examine work-family decision-making in daily practice. Our findings suggest that egalitarian family identities, previously highlighted as important, are necessary but insufficient in enabling egalitarian work-family decisions. Instead, our findings highlight the important role played by the decision-making processes couples engage in, particularly in relation to their frequently habitual nature. Thus, we show how, while family identities held by men and women may be converging, habitual decision-making processes often continue to prevent egalitarian daily arrangements. We introduce the concept of ‘work-family habits’ and develop a novel framework depicting daily work-family decision making processes engaged in by dual-earner couples, revealing how each of these processes can contribute to either more traditional or egalitarian work-family practices.

Parents’ Nonaccommodation and Sexual Minorities’ Topic Avoidance and Surface Acting as Mediators of Family Communication Patterns and Shared Family Identity

ABSTRACT This study tested parents’ nonaccommodation of their young adult child’s sexual identity and the child’s topic avoidance and surface acting as mediators of family communication patterns (FCPs, i.e., conversation and conformity orientations) and shared family identity (SFI). Participants included 205 sexual minorities who reported on their parents’ nonaccommodation in conversations about LGBTQ+ issues. Both FCP orientations were indirectly associated with SFI with each parent through different explanatory pathways. Notably, conformity orientation was indirectly associated with SFI with father through mother’s nonaccommodation to topic avoidance with mother. Conversely, it was indirectly associated with SFI with mother through father’s nonaccommodation to topic avoidance with father. The results extend FCP theory by illuminating a relational dynamic among identity-divergent family members that may create (un)healthy alliances within families.

“This is our country, too”: Embodied Experiences of and Resistance to Neo‐nationalism in a Midwest School District

AbstractNationalist rhetoric is not new to the US political context of transnational migration (Johnson et al., 2018). However, the election cycle of 2016 amplified nationalist rhetoric and policy in new public spaces, including schools and classrooms. In this article, I analyze neo‐nationalist discourse as voiced by the Trump Administration in and adjacent to language classrooms and general education classrooms in a predominantly White, Midwestern school district with growing demographics of students designated as English Language Learners (ELLs). Using intertextual and interdiscursive analysis (Fairclough, 1992) and embodied sociolinguistics (Bucholtz & Hall, 2016), I trace how neo‐nationalist discourses entered the classrooms, homes, and, I argue, bodies of newly arrived, racialized, documented, and undocumented immigrant students. I demonstrate how such rhetoric and policy provoked physical manifestations of trauma coupled with resistance, showing how the circulation of neo‐nationalist ideas contributed to ideological constructions of immigrant student and family identities along lines of race, immigration status, and language. Based on my findings, I center participants' lived knowledge and goals to argue that these moments demand response in schools and language education classrooms and offer implications for research, policy, and practice.

Taking a closer look at the Swedish coffee break, “fika”

In recent times, commensality or eating together has been discussed as an important part of family culture and identity, and as one of the most important parts of socialization. Here we would like to draw attention to the Swedish fika break, an in-between meal of particular significance in Sweden, where fika is an everyday ritual at home as well as in the work place. As with other commensality practices, the most valuable parts are not the edibles or drinkables that are consumed but what is created over those edibles and drinkables. We outline possible ways that Fika could be studied and potential dimensions of particular interest.

New Earwigs from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Northeastern China (Dermaptera).

Two new genera and species of Dermaptera are described from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China: Applanatiforceps angustus gen. et sp. nov. in the archidermapteran family Protodiplatyidae, and Ekpagloderma gracilentum gen et sp. nov. in the eodermapteran family Semenoviolidae. Applanatiforceps shares the typical characters of the extinct suborder Archidermaptera (e.g., pentamerous meta tarsi, filiform and multimerous cerci) and externalized ovipositor. The family identity of the Protodiplatyidae can be further distinguished by comparing this new genus with other genera of the Protodiplatyidae. As a result of its large compound eyes, tegmina without venation, body sparsely setose, legs rather short and slender, and shape of the veinless tegmina, Ekpagloderma is classified in the subfamily Aglyptodermatinae. Ekpagloderma not only has the typical features of the Aglyptodermatinae, but also exhibits a more primitive slender segmented cerci, which is different from all other genera of Eodermaptera. In fact, the diversity of Eodermaptera as known today indicates some of the challenges in understanding the suborder and whether or not it is monophyletic as historically construed, or if the separation of Turanodermaptera is justified.

“Family” Is a Verb: A Study on External Negotiation of Family Identity Among Same-Sex Couples With Children

<p>本研究以共文化理論為框架，試圖理解臺灣同志家庭與外部社會協商家庭認同之溝通取徑與傾向。研究者與五個女同志、三個男同志家庭家長進行長期、數次深度訪談後發現，受訪同志家庭嘗試以「堅定自信」、「非堅定自信」與「挑釁」等溝通取徑，預期達到「順應」與「同化」等家庭認同的協商結果。論文指出共文化理論化框架需結合弱勢群體「交織性」及「非典型弱勢身份原型」等概念綜合討論，以強化其理論內涵。研究結果同時反映受訪同志家長的「厚交織」與「交織階序隱形」身份，對於家庭認同協商過程的具體影響。</p> <p> </p><p>The current study adopts Mark Orbe’s co-cultural theory as the research framework and aims to understand the communication approaches and orientations used by Taiwanese same-sex families to negotiate their family identities with the outside world. After conducting a series of long-term in-depth interviews within two years with five lesbian and three gay parents of same-sex families, the researcher found that the interviewed same-sex families tended to use co-cultural communication approaches, such as “assertive,” “non-assertive,” and “aggressive.” It is expected to achieve the results of “accommodation” and “assimilation” of family identity negotiation. The study suggests that the theoretical framework of cocultural communication should take into account the concepts of "intersectionality" and "atypical prototype" of minority groups in order to become more solid and comprehensive. The findings of the research also reflect the importance of “thick intersectionality” and “intersectional hierarchy invisibility” of the interviewed samesex parents in shaping the negotiation process of their family identities.</p> <p> </p>

Family Identity, Place Identity, and Chinese Farmers’ Environment-Friendly Production Behavior

In response to the sustainable development goal of agriculture put forward by the United Nations, countries have introduced a series of agricultural environmental protection policies. However, the effectiveness of these policies has been hindered by insufficient responses from farmers. This study begins with the fundamental logic of farmers’ production behavior and first introduces family and place identities into the theoretical analysis framework of farmers’ environment-friendly production behavior (EPB). Using primary survey data for farmers from the northwestern Chinese province of Gansu, a hierarchical regression and simple slope analysis models were developed to verify how family and place identities affect farmers’ EPB. The potential moderating effect of place identity on the relationship between family identity and farmers’ EPB is further investigated. The results show that improving family identity has a significantly negative effect on farmers’ EPB, while improving place identity can significantly promote farmers’ EPB. Compared with respondents who have a low place identity, the inhibitory effect of family identity on farmers’ EPB is significantly weakened for those who have a high place identity, which suggests that farmers with a high place identity are more likely to engage in EPBs in agricultural production. This study highlights the importance of considering the economic logic toward maximizing family economic interests and the social logic oriented toward collective interests in the decision-making process of agricultural environmental policies.

Implementasi Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) di Kelurahan Kampung Seraya Kecamatan Batu Ampar Kota Batam

Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) is a program organized by the Ministry of Social Affairs to provide conditional social assistance to the community, especially underprivileged families or poor families. The research was conducted to describe the implementation of the PKH in Kampung Seraya Village. The selection of research locations took into account the number of PKH Beneficiary Families and the number of independent graduates in each village of Batu Ampar District. The data collection process was carried out by interviewing informants, observation, and document studies. Another goal was to find out the driving and inhibiting factors of program implementation, as well as formulating a strategy to improve PKH implementation. The result was implementation of PKH in Kampung Seraya have been running but had several deficiencies, namely there was still a discrepancy in the identity of PKH Beneficiary Families recorded in the DTKS, the Population and Civil Registration Agency, and channeling banks, which affected the distribution of aid funds. There were also several driving and inhibiting factors that influence the implementation of PKH. Author recommends that government can develop and improve the strengths and opportunities as it is explained in the research. In addition, the author also designed a strategy model for updating PKH Beneficiary Family data to minimize identity discrepancies.

Identity Construction of Pakistani Female Entrepreneurs in Religious Framework: An Interplay of Sociocultural and Religious Factors

This article focuses on the identity construction of Pakistani female entrepreneurs as an interplay of religion, culture and entrepreneurial context. We contribute to theory development on how in a Pakistani context the Islamic values and Pakistani cultural values shape the entrepreneurial identity of the women entrepreneurs through an intersectional analysis. We draw on five in-depth interviews of women entrepreneurs to illustrate how the women entrepreneurs execute their ventures and carry their entrepreneurial identity while carrying a blend of Islamic values and Pakistani cultural values. Pakistani women entrepreneurs employ the Islamic norms and values that are particularly practised by the family as a boundary, however, the cultural norms sometimes overweight the Islamic values in construction of identity. There is an evidence for negotiating process that acts as an enabler to make space for individualism, honour and entrepreneurship. In order to resist the rigid cultural interpretation of behavioural norms, various cultural, religious and familial identities are crafted to expand the boundaries of what is allowed. This enables them to bank on the Islamic values that enable them to be economically active without violating religious boundaries. Our study contributes to studies on entrepreneurship by showing how these female entrepreneurs gain agency at the crossroads of gender country context and religion.

Shared family identity and communicatively managing the adaptation of family gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic

This study examined how shared family identity and COVID-19 worry were associated with choices to adapt family gatherings during the pandemic. Participants (N = 314) reflected on a conversation with a family member outside their household regarding whether/how to hold a gathering. Results showed that higher COVID-19 worry predicted higher likelihood of making adaptations to gatherings by either taking COVID-19 precautions while gathering in person or calling off the in-person gathering. However, higher shared family identity was associated with lower likelihood of calling off the gathering and higher probabilities of gathering in person with or without precautions. When people felt a high sense of shared family identity with a family member who disagreed with them, the decisions regarding adapting the family gathering did not necessarily reflect their own levels of COVID-19 worry. In qualitative analyses of open-ended responses regarding family discussions about whether to gather, participants wished for family members to express more openness, respect and understanding, and behavioral intentions that aligned with their own views on COVID-19. How shared family identity affects choices about health interventions and the way family members prefer to communicatively manage disagreements are discussed in the framework of social identity theory and communication accommodation theory.

Responding to Ann Cahill, Alice MacLachlan, and Jordan Pascoe

This paper reflects on and thinks along with Ann Cahill’s, Alice MacLachlan’s, and Jordan Pascoe’s engagements with my Sex, Love, and Gender: A Kantian Theory (OUP, 2020). The topics engaged range from abortion, authorizing consent, family, human nature, sexual, gender and philosophical identities to the infamous letter exchange between Kant and Maria von Herbert and complexities regarding various kinds of oppression.

Building on cultural and linguistic strengths and recognizing life challenges - a commentary on Paradis' "Sources of individual differences in the dual language development of heritage bilinguals".

Children growing up bilingually are often treated as a monolithic group; however, heritage language (HL) bilinguals constitute an extremely heterogenous group that vary due to a wide variety of factors. In her keynote, Paradis provides a thought-provoking analysis of the research literature and identifies key internal and external factors that lead to individual differences. Specifically, she identifies age of second language (L2) acquisition, cognitive abilities, and social-emotional wellbeing as important internal factors. She also discusses both proximal and distal external factors. Proximal factors include children's cumulative exposure to L2 and HL, L2 and HL usage at home, and the richness of the L2 and HL environment. Distal factors involve education in HL, parent language proficiency, socioeconomic status (SES), and family attitudes and identities. In my commentary, I expand on Paradis' keynote to include the role of culture, which I consider to be both an internal and external factor, and respond to her discussion of two external factors, the impact of SES and the role of the classroom environment.

Rodzina i jej doświadczenie emigracyjne w kontekście wielokulturowości. Wybrane zagadnienia

The article addresses issues related to migration/emigration of individuals and their families, and draws attention to the specificity and size of contemporary emigration, emphasizing the importance of the unique historical context of modern relocation of people, both the propagation of the COVID-19 pandemic and the huge wave of refugees from war-torn Ukraine. The aim of the study was to discuss selected correlates important for contemporary migration/emigration that shape the identity of the family and its members residing in a culturally diverse environment. Multiculturalism as a value in itself is generally not questioned today, but the practice of everyday life shows that for many people it is a real practical challenge. Therefore, subjective and social determinants of learning and assimilating culture as well as building family and individual identity were distinguished. The value of the process of education and family upbringing as a factor supporting the process of adaptation to the conditions of multiculturalism was also emphasized.

Qozha Imam Faizulla, Bureaucracy, and Coal Stoves: A Case Study of Late Soviet Islam in Kazakhstan

Abstract Family identity and honor were important priorities for Central Asian Muslims in the Soviet era. This ethnographic case study explores how sacred family identity affected the educational and career choices of Faizulla, an imam in northern Kazakhstan whose career started in the late Soviet era and stretched into the 2000s. Faizulla was a Qozha: a person descended from Islamically significant figures, such as the Prophet Muhammad or Sufi masters. Qozhas expect respect from Kazakhs, but this comes with expectations that Qozhas and their children should maintain standards of piety and Islamic learning. We show how in the late Soviet period Faizulla attempted to live with the demands of Qozha identity, and how he navigated Soviet bureaucracies to meet these demands. It transpires that Faizulla did not frame himself in Soviet national terms, and nor did he identify himself fully as Uzbek or Kazakh; rather, he employed a shifting repertoire of identity roles in the process of dealing with the Soviet authorities.

Fostering a sense of belonging: The role of family terminology and discourse for individuals involved in non-kinship foster care

ABSTRACT This study examines how fostered individuals, foster carers, bio-legal children of foster carers and birth parents use discourse to construct and maintain family identity and what may influence this use. Focus group and interview data show how family terminology may create a sense of family, affirm and strengthen ties, erase distinctions, promote inclusion and conformity and protect, refute and explain ties to in- and outsiders. Family terminology use is dynamic and can be influenced by (conflicting) beliefs about who is entitled to these terms and the difficulty of sharing terms. Stakeholders showed many commonalities. Practice and research implications are discussed.

P355 A qualitative study exploring parent’s experience of the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis for their newborn baby

Cystic Fibrosis is often diagnosed during the first few weeks or months of a young person’s life, occurring within the context of families adapting to parenthood, family identity development and nurturing of secure attachment. Having a new-born baby diagnosed with a chronic health condition adds to this time of transition. A literature search revealed sparse research into the lived experiences of parents during this time. Therefore, the current study sought to better understand the parental experience of having a new-born baby diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis.

Taxonomic identity of the enigmatic Western Australian fish species Stigmatonotus australis Peters, 1877 (Teleostei).

The familial classification and specific identity of Stigmatonotus australis Peters, 1877 has been unresolved ever since its original description. Examination of a photograph and X-radiograph of the holotype confirms placement in the serranid subfamily Anthiadinae. It is further identified to the genus Hypoplectrodes Gill, 1862 and shown to represent a juvenile specimen of the species currently called H. cardinalis Allen & Randall, 1990. Character and other evidence supporting this conclusion are summarised, including discussion of apparently contradictory characters. Consequently, the following synonymisations are proposed: the family-group name Stigmatonotidae Whitley, 1954 with Anthiadides Poey, 1861, the generic name Stigmatonotus Peters, 1877 with Hypoplectrodes Gill, 1862, and the species name H. cardinalis Allen & Randall, 1990 with S. australis Peters, 1877.

Gendered Portrayal in Contemporary Chinese Beauty Video Advertisements

Advertising images play a significant role in gender studies because they reflect and model the public's opinions about gender. In this study, we will narrow our focus down to gender role portrayals in contemporary Chinese beauty product video advertising to examine whether they show some particularities. At the same time, we will analyze the representation of both male and female roles and distinguish concept and product advertisements, expecting further discoveries that could be informative and valuable for future studies. First, we intend to unveil the implying messages about gender through the content analysis of a sample of 60 advertisements collected on the website Meihua.info, using different parameters including genders, appearances, family and social identities, and personalities. Then, we attempt to provide possible explanations for these research results, connecting them to specific social backgrounds.

The Influence of Sustainability on Identities and Seafood Consumption: Implications for Food Systems Education for Generation Z.

Seafood is a vital source of nutrition yet many consumers in the United States have been exposed to competing discourse about the industry's environmental impacts, influencing consumption habits. Generation Z, a generational cohort whose members value the sustainability of their purchasing decisions, may have unique opinions regarding sustainable seafood given their sustainability values. This qualitative study explored Generation Z undergraduate students' experiences with seafood and how they perceive the role of seafood in feeding people while sustaining the future natural environment. Data were collected using 11 focus groups in undergraduate classrooms. Researchers conducted an emergent thematic analysis and sufficient interrater reliability was established. Themes identified based on participants' experience with seafood included geographic location, experience fishing or with fishermen, and seafood and family, implying place attachment and family identity were intertwined with consumption behaviors. Themes identified based on participants' perception of seafood's role in feeding people included sustainability, regulations, limited seafood consumption, and limited knowledge, implying Generation Z's emerging status as the sustainability generation. Results indicate educators should focus on how sustainability can be emphasized in the classroom with clear actions undergraduate Generation Z students can take to improve sustainability.