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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «PSICHOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «PSYCHOLOGY»
ISSN 2304-1226 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Psychology». 2026. Vol 56

Conflicts in Family Business: Role of a Collective Subject in Preserving the Family

Author(s)

J. S. Murzina

Tyumen State University, Tyumen, Russian Federation

Abstract
The essence of the study is specificity of marital conflicts in families combining family and business relationships, which poses threat to both stability of marriage and success of business. The article is aimed at examining ways to preserve family amid family entrepreneurship in the perspective of the theory of a collective subject. The empirical study conducted among small business owners (N = 92) has shown a low level of conflict in such families: most respondents never considered the possibility of divorce. It has been found that to resolve conflicts business families first of all rely on inner psychological resources (emotional bonds, shared values, and personal attitudes), which characterizes them as a mature collective subject capable of self-organization and overcoming tensions. Directions in the work to help business families harmonize family relationship have been proposed.
About the Authors
Murzina Julia Sergeevna, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Defectology, School of Education of the University of Tyumen 10, Semakov st., Tyumen, 625001, Russian Federation e-mail: y.s.murzina@utmn.ru
For citation
Murzina J.S. Conflicts in Family Business: Role of a Collective Subject in Preserving the Family. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Psychology, 2026, vol. 56, pp. 74-88. https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2026.56.74 (in Russian)
Keywords
family business, marital conflicts, theory of a collective subject, psychological resources, preservation of the family, entrepreneurs.
UDC
159.9.07
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2026.56.74
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