Perceived Parental Care and Next-Generation Family Members’ Succession Intentions: The Sequential-Mediating Role of General Self-Efficacy and Perceived Person-Job Fit

ABSTRACT Whereas the existing literature on the relationship between parental behavior and family business succession mainly focuses on parental behavior in the business domain, we highlight the importance of parental behavior in the family domain. Integrating attachment theory, the family business succession literature, and person-job fit literature, our study proposes a theoretical framework hypothesizing that general self-efficacy and perceived person-job fit mediate the association between perceived parental care (an underrepresented family-domain-specific parental behavior) and next-generation family members’ succession intentions. This framework is tested by data from two surveys and further verified by qualitative interviews of next-generation family members. Multivariate analysis results suggest that next-generation family members’ general self-efficacy and perceived person-job fit played a sequential-mediating role in the relationship between perceived parental care and next-generation family members’ succession intentions. Our interviews not only confirm these results but also reveal new insights, particularly into the specific Chinese context in the study of family business succession.

Taking the Notion of Family in Different Cultures Seriously: How Does the Cultural Context Affect Family Business Succession?

Taking the Notion of Family in Different Cultures Seriously: How Does the Cultural Context Affect Family Business Succession?

“Over My Dead Body”: Wives’ Influence in Family Business Succession

The family business literature barely addresses wives’ influence in family business succession. Where it does so, the result is often tokenistic, stereotypical, and imprecise. Drawing on 34 in-depth interviews, this article makes three contributions. First, it identifies wives’ critical influence in family business succession through socialization across the life span of the family business; specifically, through normative, interactive, and experiential socialization. Second, it demonstrates the diverse dynamics and impact of wives’ influence on family business continuity. Third, it highlights the particular significance of experiential socialization, whereby changing expectations of marriage and family life have amplified wives’ influence in succession outcomes.

Pengaruh Financial Technology, Succession Planning, Financial Self-Efficacy, dan Personality System terhadap Suksesi Bisnis Keluarga (Studi pada UMKM Bisnis Keluarga Sektor Non-Pertanian di Surabaya)

Business succession is critical to have for the continuity of family business. This research focuses on the non-agricultural MSMEs managed by families and located in the Surabaya because BPS data shows that the number of MSMEs in the non-agricultural sector in Surabaya is the highest compared to other cities in East Java Province. This research aimed to determine the effect of financial technology, succession planning, financial self-efficacy, and personality systems on family business succession. They are using a sample of 110 respondents of MSME owners from online and offline questionnaires. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression and processed using SPSS 26. This research shows that the variables financial technology, financial self-efficacy, and personality system have a significant positive effect. In contrast, the variable succession planning has a significant negative effect. It is hoped that the Surabaya government can use the results of this research to improve socialization related to financial technology, financial self-efficacy, and personality systems for the succession of family businesses can be sustainable.