Incumbents’ Attitude Toward Intra-Family Succession: An Investigation of its Antecedents
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Date of Publication
June 27, 2016
Publication Type
Article
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Author
De Massis, Alfredo | |
Chua, Jess | |
Vismara, Silvio |
Series
Family Business Review
ISSN or ISBN (if monograph)
0894-4865
Publisher
Sage
Language
English
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Description
Incumbents’ attitude toward intrafamily succession (IFS) is a critical individual-level determinant of family firms’ IFS intention, which is, in turn, an important component of family business essence. Knowledge about its antecedents,
however, is fragmented and very limited. Drawing on the theory of planned behavior and general attitude literature, hypotheses about the situational and individual antecedents of family firm incumbents’ attitude toward IFS were
developed and tested with a sample of 274 Italian family firm incumbents. Results show that incumbents’ attitude toward IFS is indeed influenced by both situational and individual antecedents as well as by their interactions.
however, is fragmented and very limited. Drawing on the theory of planned behavior and general attitude literature, hypotheses about the situational and individual antecedents of family firm incumbents’ attitude toward IFS were
developed and tested with a sample of 274 Italian family firm incumbents. Results show that incumbents’ attitude toward IFS is indeed influenced by both situational and individual antecedents as well as by their interactions.
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| De Massis, Sieger, Chua and Vismara 2016.pdf | text | Adobe PDF | 499.57 KB | publisher | published | ||
| De Massis, Sieger, Chua & Vismara 2016 - Accepted.pdf | text | Adobe PDF | 807.4 KB | publisher | accepted |