Douglas Sprenkle, Heikki Rinne, Holly Schrank, and Alma Owen

This project has helped establish the Initiative for Families in Business, a joint project of the departments of Child Development and Family Studies and Consumer Sciences and Retailing at Purdue University. Focus group research has been conducted with a panel of family businesses throughout Indiana. Survey research also is being conducted with a larger panel to investigate the extent to which excellence in business practices is related to the quality of family life. Plans call for consulting services to small businesses and also training of marriage and family therapists to become systems consultants.

Funding: Coleman Foundation

Back to Research Project List