Taking over the Family Business

A career developmental perspective on male and female succession
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8471-0483-4
Verlag: V&R unipress

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 016, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

Reihe: Wittener Schriften zu Familienunternehmen

Why do successors decide to join the family business? The current study investigated the hitherto largely ignored perspective of the successor on succession as career decision process. Grounded on family business and career development theory, insights gained from the qualitative analysis of 16 in-depth interviews with successors were used to develop a successor profiling tool. It is composed of three main elements: the succession decision as process, influences of facilitating and inhibiting factors as well as underlying successor commitment over time. A gender sensitive perspective was adopted in order to account for gender differences during tool development. The tool developed offers a practical contribution by helping young family business members to consider succession in relation to their career development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Otten-Pappas, Dominique

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensnachfolge
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Wirtschafts-, Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Leseproben

Mit einem Vorwort von Prof. Dr. Arist von Schlippe

Über Autor(innen)

Otten-Pappas, Dominique
Dr Dominique Otten-Pappas finished her doctoral dissertation at the University of Witten/Herdecke in 2014. She is senior research fellow at the same university as well as family manager and advisory board member to her family’s Business.

Dr. Dominique Otten-Pappas ist Forschungsmitglied im Projekt 'Frauen in Familienunternehmen' an der Universität Witten/Herdecke.