scholarly journals Ubuntu and Social Capital factors in Family Businesses

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
William Venter
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Key Words And Phrases ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
Family Business Groups

<p>The current study is an investigation of social capital, and more particularly the support of the concept of ubuntu in large family businesses in South Africa. Insights into the social responsibility activities of some of the largest family businesses in South Africa, obtained through semi-structured interviews, clearly indicate the important role which the social responsibility ubuntu activities of these businesses play in caring for the community. As South Africa has a mainly “individualistic economic community”, it is interesting to observe how the collectivistic notion of ubuntu is practised in the social responsibility activities of family business groups.</p><p><strong>Key words and phrases:</strong> ubuntu, social responsibility, social capital, family business, conditional matrix</p>

scholarly journals Cultural Specificities of Succession’ Failure and Success in the Context of Unlisted Moroccan Family-Owned Businesses

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Azzeddine Allioui ◽  
Badr Habba ◽  
Taib Berrada El Azizi
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Succession Planning ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Succession Plan ◽  
The Family ◽  
Moroccan Family ◽  
Cultural Constraints ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this research aims to study the relationship between the cultural specificities of the Moroccan context and the success or failure of succession strategies (in terms of planning and process) in the case of Moroccan unlisted family businesses. Our study covered a sample of 20 unlisted Moroccan family businesses, 8 of which are SMEs, 6 are large firms, and 6 are VSEs, through a qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews with the managers of family businesses. Our results explain the influence of Moroccan cultural specificities on the success or failure of the transfer of family businesses. Indeed, these influences essentially manifest themselves in three antecedents: the succession planning that already reflects the intention to pass on the family business to the next generations, either by having a well-prepared plan, or an absence of a succession plan that leaves things to chance; the succession process that is influenced in part by specificities of Moroccan culture by granting privilege to the eldest male in the succession, and in another part this process becomes more rational by giving credit to successors competent to take over the family business in the case of large family businesses; and cultural constraints that are manifested mainly by the taboos surrounding the death of the predecessor and religious principles that similarly explain the different configurations of success or failure of the succession strategy of the family business. An extension of this work could be a multi-factor analysis in future researches.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in a Hospitality Family Business

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7091
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Fonseca ◽  
Sandro Carnicelli
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Action Learning ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Corporate Social

The triple bottom line of sustainability has been the foundation to assess the overall performance of organizations in the hospitality sector. Family businesses are operating in a very competitive environment, and their practices are heavily scrutinised by stakeholders. This paper considers the value of action research in the field of family businesses in the hospitality sector through the prism of organizational learning. The focus of the research is to understand how a Scottish family business learns and implements corporate social responsibility and sustainability practices and how they embed the practices in their activities in a bed and breakfast. The family business used in this research is based in Paisley, Scotland. The use of action research enabled this research to follow a recurring spiral learning process of diagnosing, planning, acting, and evaluating to achieve organizational learning. The action learning contributed to re-thinking the communication between actors involved in the Scottish hospitality sector and family businesses to open a dialogue and produce norms and to contribute to knowledge about a new small-business social responsibility orbital framework.

scholarly journals Implementasi Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Pada PT. Bumi Lingga Pertiwi di Kabupaten Gresik

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Indra Kharisma ◽  
Imron Mawardi
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
Descriptive Case Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Social

Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is used later to improve the image of the company and its business existence. Instead of CSR to empower people its delude people with a profit motive. Islamic CSR is that CSR refers to business practices that have an ethical responsibility Islamically, companies incorporate Islamic norms characterized by sincerity commitment in maintaining the social contract in its business practices in halal lawful. This study aimed to reveal the implementation of Islamic CSR PT. Bumi Lingga Pertiwi Gresik.This study used a qualitative approach with descriptive case study method. The selections of informant are using purposive sampling method. Data collection was conducted by semi-structured interviews and documentation. Analysis of the data using descriptive method.The results of this study indicate that PT. Bumi Lingga Pertiwi has implemented Islamic CSR based on unity, caliphate, justice and broterhood by creating and running a cooperation agreement in accordance with sharia corridor, provide good service to customers, act fairly and avoid discrimination, provide assistance to the poor in the villages around, helping the development of education and worship, as well as participate protecting the environment by way of planting trees together.

Social responsibility: The changing role of business in South Africa

1979 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. F. Wagenaar
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
South African ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Changing Role

Business in South Africa is becoming increasingly involved in the solution of the social problems of the country, and business managers face growing demands concerning the corporate social responsibility of the private sector. The author investigated the nature and scope of corporate social responsibility in South Africa, considering both the viewpoint of business managers, and the expectations of the public. Both questionnaires and interviews were used in the investigation. The attitudes of managers and the expectations of society are set out in detail, and are then compared, showing that society is significantly more in favour of corporate social responsibility than the business community. There is, however, also a growing social awareness among South African business leaders.Sake-ondernemings in Suid-Afrika word toenemend betrek by die oplossing van die sosiale probleme van die land, en bestuurders is blootgestel aan toenemende eise wat betref die sosiale verantwoordelikheid van die private onderneming. Die skrywer het die aard en trefwydte van die sosiale verantwoordelikheid van Suid-Afrikaanse ondernemings ondersoek, met inagneming van sowel die standpunt van sakebestuurders as die verwagtings van die publiek. Vraelyste en personlike onderhoude is in die ondersoek gebruik. Die houdings van bestuurders en die verwagtings van die gemeenskap word volledig uiteengesit, en word dan vergelyk. Dit blyk dat die gemeenskap betekenisvol meer ten gunste is van sosiaal-verantwoordelike optrede deur ondernemings, as die sakelui. Daar is egter ook 'n groeiende bewustheid van sosiale verantwoordelikheid onder Suid-Afrikaanse sakeleiers.

When is the right time for succession? Multiple cases of family businesses in Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-359
Author(s):  
Nyayu Lathifah Tirdasari ◽  
Wawan Dhewanto
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
Succession Process ◽  
The Right

PurposeSuccession timing plays a key role in the part of the succession process. While much notice has been given solely to the viewpoint of predecessor and successor, less known about the schedule during this most critical family business dealings. The purpose of this research is to assess the right time for predecessors to let go of their leadership and allow the successor to take charge of the family business. Notably, it considers how the process of interaction between predecessor and successor may encourage successor capability, succeed the family business and following implications for the succession process as well.Design/methodology/approachAn exploratory comparative case study design employed in order to disclose the time by time activities around the succession process. This study presented circa 11 case studies from family businesses of the food industry. Data gathered utilizing semi-structured interviews and formal secondary data from the organizations, all of whom operate in Java, Indonesia.FindingsFindings reveal five critical outcomes. First, the results show that most of the respondents had no written succession plan and did not keep up the developmental stages, but the succession process was successful. Second, the study found a reduced age of successor even though the stages increase. Third, the respondents did not know when was the predecessor is getting busy managing the business, and some successors did not attend college as well. Fourth, the succession process of RC is the fastest and TY is the longest. Last, the succession process of the second-generation family business is faster than the third-generation.Originality/valueThis paper presents further evidence of the succession process of family businesses. It moves beyond a timing explanation of succession to develop a more sequentially aware understanding of the agility within the succession process. It contributes to the limited references of the family business in the food industry in Indonesia as well.

scholarly journals Capabilities of Corporate Volunteering in Strengthening Social Capital

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7482
Author(s):  
Aldona Glińska-Neweś ◽  
Joanna Górka
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Corporate Volunteering ◽  
Capital Building

Corporate volunteering is becoming increasingly popular among the ways that companies manifest their social responsibility. Its popularity is due to the variety of benefits it brings to all parties. Among other things, it is capable of strengthening social capital, although specific phenomena and processes related to this remain largely unexplored. The aim of the paper is to identify how the frequency and intensity of contacts between volunteers and beneficiaries affect social capital building. The empirical study was based on a qualitative research approach and conducted in the form of individual semi-structured interviews with employees responsible for corporate volunteering in their companies. The results of the study suggest that corporate volunteering strengthens social capital regardless of the extent to which volunteers have contact with the beneficiaries of their volunteering work. However, the frequency and intensity of this contact may affect specific dimensions of social capital, leading to the strengthening of bonding social capital and/or bridging social capital.

scholarly journals Nonfamily knowledge during family business succession: a cultural understanding

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jahangir Wasim ◽  
James Cunningham ◽  
Alexander Maxwell-Cole ◽  
James Richard Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Knowledge Use ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Succession Process

Purpose Knowledge transfer plays a key role in the succession process. While much attention has been given to the passing of business knowledge form incumbent to successor, less is known about the use of nonfamily knowledge during this most crucial of family business events. The purpose of this paper is to look how knowledge from nonfamily employees is treated at times of succession. Importantly, it considers how the controlling family’s cultural background may influence nonfamily knowledge use, and subsequent implications for the succession process. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory comparative case study design is adopted in order to uncover the complex social and cultural dynamics around knowledge use. Four case studies are presented from family businesses of different, and contrasting, cultural origins. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, observations and formal secondary data from the organisations, all of whom operate in the UK. Findings Findings reveal a complex picture, part influenced by the cultural dynamics of the family and part by business necessity. Specifically, power–distance appears as an informative cultural dimension, influencing how knowledge is used and nonfamily are perceived. While some family businesses privilege the knowledge from family, others see the need to build knowledge relationships more broadly. Originality/value This paper provides further evidence to the heterogeneity of family businesses. It moves beyond a processual explanation of succession to develop a more contextually aware understanding of the dynamics and sensitivities involved.

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