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Department of Family Social ScienceCollege of Education and Human Development
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Sharon Danes
 
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Professor and Family Economist
Office: 275f McNeal Hall
Phone:  612-625-9273
E-mail:  sdanes@umn.edu

Mailing address:  290 McNeal Hall

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Degrees

Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1986 - Family Economics & Management
M.A., Michigan State University, 1978 - Family Economics & Management
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972 - Home Economics Education & Extension
EDFP (Economic Development Finance Professional), - Professional Certification training series through The National Development Council

Honors & Awards

  • 2007- Office Depot Small Business Research Forum, “Business Planning Practices of Family-Owned Businesses Within a Quality Framework” selected as one of eight papers to be presented at the forum and be published in a special issue in Journal of Small Business on family entrepreneurship.
  • 2006 – Family Enterprise Research Conference, Honorable Mention for research article entitled “Family Business Success: Differences in Female- and Male-owned Businesses with Johnben Teik-Cheok Loy and Kathryn Stafford.
  • 2005 – American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Excellence in Extension Award for Financial Literacy: What’s New in Credit and Debt?
  • 2004 – Juran Faculty Scholar, Juran Center for Leadership in Quality, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
  • 2004 – Family Owned Business Institute Research Scholar, Seidman School of Business
Scholarship Interests

Intersection of social and economic decision making - Family businesses - Families and work - Family financial issues within relationships - Change and resiliency - Farm women, families, and businesses - Children and money

Teaching & Learning

University of Minnesota Extension Teaching - Rural MN Life
FSoS 5193/8193: Directed Study in Family Social Science
FSoS 8794: Directed Research in Family Social Science

Research & Discovery

Family Businesses - Factors at the intersection of the family and business systems that affect the viability of family businesses.

Families and Finances - The intersection of social and economic decision making is the central focus to my work on family finance.

Outreach & Engagement
  • Rural MN Life: provides information for family business vitality and about personal finance for families.
  • Planning Ahead for Retirement: a comprehensive guide to retirement planning includes information on estimating the income you will need to retire, setting meaningful goals, understanding financial products, making investment choices, financial planners, and health and life insurance.
  • Teaching Children Money Habits for Life: provides information, suggestions, and activities parents can use when teaching children of different ages and stages of development about money.
  • Change, Loss, Opportunity and Resilience: guides people through the processes of emotional reactions, spending patterns, rethinking goals, and managing conflict should you be adjusting to the loss together with a partner.
  • Suddenly Reduced Income: guides families through emotional, financial, and relationship complexities when adjusting to a sudden reduction in income.
  • Financial Literacy:What's New in Credit & Debt?: CD containing teaching tools for educating teens about credit, debt, and budgeting.
  • Children and Money - Allowances and Alternatives: provides information on ways children might receive money and on how to provide allowances.
Selected Publications

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES:  The research focus is family economic well-being with an emphasis being at the intersection of economic and social decision making.

Danes, S.M., Loy, J.T., & Stafford, K. (In press, July 2008). Management practices of small private firms within a quality framework. Special issue on family entrepreneurship within Journal of Small Business Management 47(1).

Danes, S.M. & Haberman, H.R. (2007). Teen financial knowledge, self-efficacy, and behavior: A gendered view. Financial Counseling and Planning, 18(1).

Danes, S.M., Stafford, K., & Loy, J. T. (2007). Family business performance: The effects of gender and management. Journal of Business Research, 60(10), 1058-1069.

Haberman, H. R., & Danes, S. M. (2007). Father-daughter and father-son family business management transfer comparison: Family FIRO Model Application. Family Business Review, 20(2), 163-184.

Danes, S.M. (2006). Tensions within Family Business-owning Couples Over Time.  Stress, Trauma and Crisis, 9(3-4), 227-246.

Lee, Y.G. Danes, S.M., & Shelley, M. C. II. (2006). Work roles, management and perceived well-being for married women within family businesses. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 27(3), 523-541.

Danes, S.M., Haberman, H.R., & McTavish, D. (2005). Gendered discourse about family business. Family Relations, 54, 116-130.

Amarapurkar, S.S., & Danes, S.M. (2005). Farm business-owning couples:  Interrelationships among business tensions, relationship conflict quality, and satisfaction with spouse. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 26(3), 419-441.

Danes, S.M., & Morgan, E.A. (2004). Family business-owning couples: An EFT view into their unique conflict culture. Contemporary Family Therapy, 26(3), 241-260.

Danes, S.M., & Lee, Y.G. (2004). Tensions generated by business issues in farm business-owning couples.  Family Relations, 53, 357-366.

Winter, M., Danes, S.M., Koh, S., Fredericks, K., & Paul, J. (2004). Tracking Family Businesses and their Owners Over Time: Panel Attrition, Manager Departure, and Business Demise.  Journal of Business Venturing, 19, 535-559.

Danes, S.M. & Olson, P.D. (2003). Women’s Role Involvement in Family Businesses, Business Tensions, and Business Success. Family Business Review, 16(1), 53-68.

Olson, P.D., Zuiker, V.S., Danes, S.M., Stafford, K., Heck, R.K.Z., & Duncan, K.A. (2003.) The impact of the family and business on family business sustainability. Journal of Business Venturing, 18(5), 639-666.

Book Chapters:

Haynes, G.W., Danes, S.M., & Haynes, D.C (2008). Managerial issues of business owning families (Chapter 14, pps. 239-252). In J. Xiao (Ed.), Advances in consumer finance research, NY, NY: Springer.

Danes, S.M., & Haberman, H.R. (In press). Gendered discourse about family business: Vol. X (pp. XXX). In V. Gupta (Ed.), Family Business Models Around the World, Hyderabad: ICFAI University Press.

Olson, P.D., Zuiker, V.S., Danes, S.M., Stafford, K., Heck, R.K.Z., & Duncan, K. (In press). Impact of the family and business on family business sustainability: Vol. X (pp. XXX). In V. Gupta (Ed.), Family Business Models Around the World, Hyderabad: ICFAI University Press.

Heck, R. K. Z., Danes, S. M., Fitzgerald, M. A., Haynes, G. W., Jasper, C. R., Schrank, H. L., Stafford, K., and Winter, M. (2006). Role of family in family business entrepreneurship. In P. A. Poutziouris, K. X. Smyrnios, & S. Klein (Eds.), Family Business Research Handbook (Chapter 5, pp. 80-105). International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) & Edward Elgar Publishing.

Danes, S. M. (In press). Managing Disagreement and Conflict Over Money Within Couples. In The Shepherd’s Guide through the Valley of Debt and Financial Change.

Danes, S. M. (2003, December). Conflict identification: Tensions generated by home-based business issues. In R. K. Z. Heck, A. N. Puryear, & P. A. Tombline (Eds.), A toolkit for home-based entrepreneurs (pp. 23-34). NY, NY: Baruch College, Lawrence N. Field Center of Entrepreneurship and Small Business.

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