The Effect of Trust in the Performance of Family Businesses

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Because family business relationships go well beyond the workplace, issues of trust among family members in business together are critical. Trust causes special relationship development within organizations that these relationships are effecting on organizational performance. Family businesses as organizations develop trust and these special relationships better and faster than other types of businesses. This article considering theories in this field and investigates its mechanism. The research uses survey methods. Research census is family firms in Soleyman Sabahi Industrial City Town. According to poll, all active family firms were interviewed. 3 laborer questionnaires and 1 firm owner questionnaire were distributed in each firm. Totally, 163 family firms were investigated. Structural model and measurement model were analyzed by AMOS software. The research results rate of firm performance explanation in family firms is 51 percent. Measures of goodness of fit confirm consistency between observed values and the values expected under the model in question.

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