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- Title
The Temporal Evolution of Proactiveness in Family Firms: The Horizontal S-Curve Hypothesis.
- Authors
De Massis, Alfredo; Chirico, Francesco; Kotlar, Josip; Naldi, Lucia
- Abstract
We extend prior work on proactiveness in family firms by examining the relationship between firm age and proactiveness. Specifically, we propose an S-shaped effect of aging of family firms on proactiveness. Additionally, we provide a contingency perspective by considering the moderating role of the dispersion of managerial control among family members. Using a sample of Swiss family firms, we find that proactiveness first declines, then increases, and finally decreases again as the family firm ages, and that this relationship is steeper when the managerial control is dispersed among multiple family members.
- Subjects
FAMILY-owned business enterprises; STATISTICAL hypothesis testing; ORGANIZATIONAL goals; ORGANIZATIONAL performance; ORGANIZATIONAL age
- Publication
Family Business Review, 2014, Vol 27, Issue 1, p35
- ISSN
0894-4865
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0894486513506114