期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
期号：9
页码：199-215
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：This article is on Professionalizing Family Businesses in The South-East Region of Nigeria. The survey research covered the eight commercial cities of the region. The study revealed that virtually all the family businesses surveyed are not professionalized. Majority of family enterprises have no clearly stated vision and mission statements, they rarely attended seminars and training programmes; have few graduates and professionals in their employment, have poor wages and salaries structure;; not incorporated; few are members of professional and trade associations; and largely not aware of government incentive policies on entrepreneurship development. It is against this backdrop that the paper made far reaching recommendations: such as incorporating family businesses, employing graduates and professionals, having functional boards of directors, employing the services of consultants, striving to be the best at something, etc, and highlighted the advantages of professionalizing family businesses to the benefit of the enterprises themselves and the Nigerian economy
关键词：Professionalizing; family businesses; government policies; entrepreneurship ;development; strategies; South-East Nigeria
