Exploring the concept of familiness: Introducing family firm identity
Our paper contributes to the overarching question: "How does the family contribute to firm success?" We add to the nomological net of the familiness construct, by reaching beyond the components of involvement and the essence approach and by introducing organizational identity as a third dimension of familiness. As such, we investigate which families are most likely to build familiness. Specifically, the organizational identity dimension of familiness reflects how the family defines and views the firm, which can facilitate performance advantages through leveraging familiness both internally and externally. Lastly, we discuss how the combinations of components of involvement, essence and identity dimensions of familiness interact and explain why and how some families are a key resource to their firms while others add little value to their organizations.
Year of publication: |
2010
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Authors: | Zellweger, Thomas M. ; Eddleston, Kimberly A. ; Kellermanns, Franz W. |
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Journal of Family Business Strategy. - Elsevier, ISSN 1877-8585. - Vol. 1.2010, 1, p. 54-63
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Familiness Organizational Identity Family Firm Image |
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