Global Advanced Research Journal of Management and Business Studies (GARJMBS) ISSN: 2315-5086 April 2014 Vol. 3(4), pp 182-188

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Original Research Articles

Family values in SMEs in Arequipa and their Organizational development 

Noelia A. Jiménez¹  and  Walter L. Arias² 

¹Universidad Católica de Santa María, Arequipa, Perú

²Universidad Católica San Pablo, Arequipa, Perú

Corresponding author Email: noelia.princess@hotmail.com 

Accepted 11 April 2014 

Abstract 

The following research is a qualitative work that analyses de role that plays the family in the organizational development of five SMEs from Arequipa city, selected in non-probabilistic way. We applied a depth interview to the owners, family employees and non-family employees who work in that companies. We obtain information about their organizational culture, the work condition, production process, business growth, its vision-mission, etc. It’s concluded that the predominant values that are perceived by the interviewees are economic and associated with the conditions of informality SMEs. 

Keywords: family values, SME, companies, organizational development.