New Publication: An Intergeneration Solidarity Perspective on Succession Intentions in Family Firms
Authors: Daniela Gimenez, Linda Edelman, Tommaso Minola, Andrea Calabro, Lucio Cassia
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journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1042258720956384
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258720956384
Enterprising families have the intention to grow these businesses through entrepreneurial activities while keeping the family as a foundation of the enterprise. However, despite the goals of the enterprising family, intergenerational succession remains problematic. Using intergenerational solidarity theory, and data from the 2013 Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students Survey (GUESSS) (N=18,576), our findings indicate that affective commitment partially mediates the relationship between family business exposure and succession intentions. Overall, the use of intergenerational solidary theory helps us to understand the connection between the family and the family business. Specifically, we advance affective commitment as the intervening mechanism between family business exposure and succession intentions using this solidarity lens. We also disambiguate the effect of family business exposure leading to affective commitment by focusing on the moderating role of gender and birth order.