Kristen Shanine, has a Ph.D. from the University of Alabama and an M.B.A. from Bradley University. She has work experience in the public, private, and education sectors. She currently teaches Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship, and her primary research applies theory from psychology and sociology to family business in an effort to better understand the family factors that influence succession failure. She also researches gender issues in entrepreneurship and family business. She has recent publications in the Journal of Small Business Management, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Family Business Review, and Academy of Management Annals. Additionally, she’s the chair of MTSU’s chapter of Sigma Nu Tau (Entrepreneurship Honor Society). She is an active member of Rutherford Cable and a recipient of the Jones College of Business State Farm Outstanding Professor Award. Recent Publications:

1. Madison, K., & Shanine, K. (2025). He-said, she-said: A family science and gendered perspective of communication in small family businesses. Journal of Small Business Management, 63(1), 111-146.

2. Shanine, K., Madison, K., Combs, J., & Eddleston, K. (2023). Parenting the successor: It starts at home and leaves an enduring impact on the family business. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47(4), 1093-1131.

3. Combs, J., Shanine, K., Burrows, S., Allen, J., & Pounds, T. (2020). What do we know about business families? Setting the stage for leveraging family science theories. Family Business Review, 33(1) 38-63.

4. Shanine, K., Eddleston, K., & Combs, J. (2019). Same boundary management preference, different outcome: Toward a gendered perspective of boundary theory among entrepreneurs. Journal of Small Business Management, 57(1), 185-205.

5. Combs, J., Jaskiewicz, P., Shanine, K., & Balkin, D. (2018). Making sense of HR in family firms: Antecedents, moderators, and outcomes. Human Resource Management Review, 28, 1-4 [Introduction to Special Issue on Human Resource Management and Family Business].

6. Powell, G., Greenhaus, J., Jaskiewicz, P., Combs, J., Balkin, D., & Shanine, K. (2018). Family science and the work-family interface: An interview with Gary Powell and Jeffrey Greenhaus, Human Resource Management Review, 28, 98-102.

7. Jaskiewicz, P., Combs, J., Shanine, K., & Kacmar, M. (2017). Introducing the family: A review of family science with implications for strategy, OB/HRM, and entrepreneurship research. Academy of Management Annals, 11(1), 309-341.

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