A gendered examination of heroic self-concept and letting go by family firm leaders

IF 9.5 1区 管理学 Q1 BUSINESS
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In their groundbreaking study of family business leader succession, Sonnenfeld and Spence (1989) found that the heroic self-concept, consisting of heroic stature and heroic mission, prevents the incumbent patriarch from letting go (retiring, stepping aside). For all the impact that their study has had on succession scholarship, we assert that they failed to consider female family business leaders. We re-examine their findings, through a generalizability replication with extensions grounded in recent scholarship. We thereby extend the original study and broaden its reach, stressing the need for exploration of letting go by female leaders in family businesses. When introducing gender in the heroic self-concept/letting go relationship, we find that heroic mission and heroic stature are each significant to males, but not females, suggesting a gendered difference in letting go. Our analysis confirms the original study’s findings for male leaders and we expose limits to the generalizability of their work to female leaders.

对家族企业领导者的英雄自我概念和放手的性别研究
Sonnenfeld 和 Spence(1989 年)在对家族企业领导人继任问题的开创性研究中发现,英雄式的自我概念(包括英雄式的地位和英雄式的使命)会阻止现任家长放手(退休、让位)。尽管他们的研究对继任学术产生了很大影响,但我们认为他们没有考虑到女性家族企业领导者。我们重新审视了他们的研究结果,并根据最新的研究成果进行了扩展,从而对其进行了推广。由此,我们扩展了原始研究,扩大了研究范围,强调了探讨家族企业女性领导者放手的必要性。当在英雄自我概念/放手关系中引入性别因素时,我们发现英雄使命和英雄地位对男性都很重要,但对女性却不重要,这表明在放手方面存在性别差异。我们的分析证实了最初研究对男性领导者的发现,同时也揭示了他们的研究成果在女性领导者中的推广局限性。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Family Business Strategy takes an international perspective, providing a platform for research that advances our understanding of family businesses. Welcoming submissions across various dimensions, the journal explores the intricate interplay between family dynamics and business operations, contributing new insights to this specialized field.
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