Parenting of the micro enterprise founders. Does the parental approach make any difference in the choice of a family business successor?
Tunkkari-Eskelinen, Minna (2016)
Lataukset:
Tunkkari-Eskelinen, Minna
Academic Conferences
2016
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017090114697
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017090114697
Tiivistelmä
According to several studies and authors all over the world (see e.g. Ward 1987; Koiranen 2002), there are difficulties in the search for a family business successor within a family. The next generation of SME founders may not see the running of the family business to be attractive enough. Some families have offspring willing to take over the business. If there are signs of a different parental approach towards a successor and non-successor, this qualitative study focuses on the issue within four case family firms. How have the founders as parents approached their offspring during their childhood and early adulthood? In particular, the ones taking over the firm are under investigation in this ongoing study. The parents of the family in business were interviewed, as well. The study aims to find a theoretical match by using empirical qualitative interviews in which a varying amount of siblings were informants for the study. Baumrind’s (1978) parenting typology was used to reflect empirical evidence amongst three family business cases. The contribution of the study refers to the possibility to identify potential successors within a family by analyzing the experiences of being a family member under the command of the founder of the family business. The practitioners may help families in business in their search for a motivated successor and ownership transfer. The family business scholars are encouraged to utilize educational theories when studying families in business. This study will open up the path for using an educational, family study approach.