The relationship between organizational culture and entrepreneurial orientation in family firms: Does generational involvement matter?

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naïma Cherchem
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Unlocking the Relationship between Corporate Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet M. Fis ◽  
Dilek Cetindamar
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Corporate Entrepreneurship ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Managerial Support ◽  
And Performance ◽  
A Chain ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract This paper explores the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and performance by developing a comprehensive theoretical model based on Schumpeterian understanding of entrepreneurship supported with the Theory of Planned Behavior from social psychology. The model shows how organizational culture (value) triggers a chain effect through its influence on entrepreneurial orientation (attitude) and managerial support (intentions) that ultimately generate impact on corporate entrepreneurship (behavior). We test our model in an emerging economy context and present our results with implications to theory and practice.

Entrepreneurial orientation and sustainability initiatives in family firms

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Drake Mullens
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
Generation Family ◽  
Southwestern Usa ◽  
Sustainability Initiatives ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between family firm generation, performance and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) in investments in sustainability initiatives. The objective of this research is to establish EO as an important antecedent of investments in sustainability initiatives, assess EO’s interaction with firm performance and establish that later-generation family firms are more environmentally and socially responsible. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected in-person from 151 top managers in automobile and motorcycle dealerships in the southwestern USA. Regression analysis was utilized to analyze the hypothesized relationships. Findings EO is significantly and positively related to investments in sustainability initiatives. That relationship is dependent on the performance of the firm. At low levels of EO, high-performing firms invest significantly more in sustainability initiatives. However, at high levels of EO, low-performing firms invest slightly more in sustainability initiatives. The generation of the family business is moderately related to sustainability investments, with later-generation family firms investing more. Originality/value The findings herein bridge the gap between the entrepreneurship and sustainability literature by establishing EO as an important antecedent of corporate responsibility. Further, the results indicate that firm mechanisms such as EO are more important than the performance of the firm or slack resources available.

Family Firms and the Effects of Organizational Culture on Their Innovation

2022 ◽  
pp. 1082-1102
Author(s):  
Elif Baykal
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Organizational Cultures ◽  
Important Work ◽  
The Relationship

Owing to the fact that sustainability and the financial performance of businesses are important work outcomes in family firms, in this chapter for both reaching work and family related goals and ensuring sustainibility, it is proposed that family firms as in the case with their non-family counterparts will prefer to exploit innovativeness in attaining their financial goals. The main objective of this chapter is understanding innovative inclinations and preferences of family firms and examining the relationship between innovativeness and organizational cultures of these companies. And it is suggested that organizational culture will act as a catalyzer in this relationship. In the chapter, innovativeness in family firms has been examined in detail. Main types of organizational cultures regarding innovation in family firms have been explained in detail, and an approach that suggests that organizational climate is closely related with the innovativeness of family firms has been adopted.

Family Firms and the Effects of Organizational Culture on Their Innovation

2019 ◽  
pp. 207-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elif Baykal
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Organizational Climate ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Outcomes ◽  
Organizational Cultures ◽  
Important Work ◽  
The Relationship

Owing to the fact that sustainability and the financial performance of businesses are important work outcomes in family firms, in this chapter for both reaching work and family related goals and ensuring sustainibility, it is proposed that family firms as in the case with their non-family counterparts will prefer to exploit innovativeness in attaining their financial goals. The main objective of this chapter is understanding innovative inclinations and preferences of family firms and examining the relationship between innovativeness and organizational cultures of these companies. And it is suggested that organizational culture will act as a catalyzer in this relationship. In the chapter, innovativeness in family firms has been examined in detail. Main types of organizational cultures regarding innovation in family firms have been explained in detail, and an approach that suggests that organizational climate is closely related with the innovativeness of family firms has been adopted.

A Configurational Approach of the Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Growth of Family Firms

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose C. Casillas ◽  
Ana M. Moreno ◽  
Jose L. Barbero
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Internal Variable ◽  
Configurational Approach ◽  
Generation Family ◽  
Spanish Family ◽  
Positive Sense ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Environmental Hostility

The present research aims to improve scholars’ understanding of the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and the growth of family firms in two areas. The authors propose that the EO—growth relationship is contingent on different contextual variables—environmental dynamism and environmental hostility—and an internal variable—generational involvement. Also, they consider EO to be a composite construct integrated from and related to different independent dimensions. Using information from 317 Spanish family firms, results show that (a) EO positively influences growth only in second-generation family businesses, (b) the moderating influence of the generational involvement is related to the risk-taking dimension, and (c) dynamism and hostility of the environment, respectively, moderate the relationship between EO and growth in a positive sense.

scholarly journals The effect of socioemotional wealth on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and family business performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-192
Author(s):  
Remedios Hernández-Linares ◽  
Franz W Kellermanns ◽  
María Concepción López-Fernández ◽  
Soumodip Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Socioemotional Wealth ◽  
Competitive Aggressiveness ◽  
The Relationship

This study examines how five key entrepreneurial orientation (EO) dimensions—risk taking, innovativeness, proactiveness, competitive aggressiveness, and autonomy—affect family business performance, as well as the moderating effect of socioemotional wealth (SEW) on these relationships. The findings, based on a sample of 609 Spanish and Portuguese family firms, reveal that not all EO dimensions are equally important for performance, as only proactiveness, competitive aggressiveness, and autonomy were significant. However, we also find that the EO–performance relationship is affected by concern for SEW preservation, as our SEW measure moderates risk taking positively and innovativeness negatively. JEL CLASSIFICATION: L20; L26; M10

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