Projects
The relation between entrepreneurial orientation and the performance of family firms taking into account the moderating role of family involvement and the mediating role of family essence. University of Antwerp
The family decline hypothesis' revisited: a comparison of the social support network of family members of different family types. Ghent University
Longitudinal study on the influence of family resources and family patterns of interaction on the development of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities KU Leuven
Due to the complex interplay of their limitations, young children with a significant cognitive and motor developmental delay are highly dependent on their immediate social setting. Parents and professionals are confronted with unique challenges in the children’s upbringing and support, while research on this specific target group is very scarce. Based on the ‘Developmental Systems Approach’ of Guralnick (2011), this PhD project aims to ...
The transfer of the family company to the next generation: a comparative study on the company law, family property law and tax law aspects KU Leuven
Considering the importance of the continuity of family businesses for the European economy, the aim of this project is to perform a comparativelegal study on the intergenerational transfer of unlisted companies with limited liability. The relevant rules of Belgian, Dutch, French and English company law, family property law and tax law will be critically analysed.
First, we examine how company law supports the transfer of family ...
Exploring new roads towards more family quality of life. The relationship between a family-centered approach and family quality of life in families with children with an intellectual disability. KU Leuven
Recent research on families with a child with a disability pays much attention to family quality of life (FQOL) and the family-centered approach (FCA). Although plenty of research has been conducted on their theorizing, conceptualization, and measurement, several questions regarding both concepts remain unanswered. In addition, several questions regarding their realization are still unresolved. Moreover, although they are often conceptually ...
Unraveling the layers of family in family foster care KU Leuven
Worldwide, family foster care is the preferred option for out-of-home care for children and youth. This preference is rooted in the conviction that growing up in a family environment is fundamentally in the best interests of the child, as it is more similar to ‘ordinary family life’ and provides warmth and a sense of belonging. Nonetheless, placing a child in foster care leads to significant changes in family structures and relationships, ...
FAMILY SOLIDARITY 2.0: towards a renewed solidarity in various family constellations KU Leuven
The concept of 'family' has changed radically in recent decades. There is an increasing number of constellations of coexistence (partnerships) and child rearing (parenthood), which makes it difficult to determine what makes a family a 'family'. The many possible combinations of partnership and parenthood in our multiform society demand us to consider the family as a fluid concept that goes beyond the narrow legal and biological concepts and ...
Family Secrecy: Exploration of the process of selective disclosure in families and family therapy practice KU Leuven
To date, the main focus of research on family secrecy has been on family functioning, highlighting that family secrets are a systemic phenomenon, with toxic impacts on the family members who are kept in the dark. In recent years a new perspective on family secrecy emerged in which the focus is on selective disclosure. Research shows the concept selective disclosure seems to better comprehend the complexities of secrecy than the ...