Are there variations in behaviors and leadership styles of next generation family members or descendants who join their family business due to different forms of commitment? Evidence from a dual respondent study of 109 Canadian and Swiss family firms suggests that descendants with affective...

Four bases of family business successor commitment are explored: affective (based on perceived desire); normative (based on perceived sense of obligation); calculative (based on perceived opportunity costs involved); and imperative (based on perceived need).Models of antecedents and expected...