Signaling Family Firm Identity

Familiy Firm Identification and its Effects on Job Seekers' Perceptions about a Potential Employer
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-658-20671-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 163 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 246 g

Reihe: Familienunternehmen und KMU

Sandra Wolf develops a better understanding of the importance of clearly communicating family influence. She examines the efficacy of brand elements that signal family influence and that help external stakeholders to identify a family firm. An experiment with 543 students in Germany and Switzerland is carried out to empirically test the derived hypothesis. The results highlight two important findings. Firstly, the importance of a family firm tagline as well as the family name as brand elements are able to signal "family firm" and this helps potential employees to immediately categorize the potential employer. Secondly, a positive relationship between the identification of a family firm and applicant attraction was confirmed as to that the relationship is serially mediated by perceived brand authenticity and perceived benevolence.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wolf, Sandra

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Personalwesen, Human Resource Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Marketing

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Exploring the Effects of Brand Elements on Signaling and Identifying Family Firm Identity.- Family Firm Identity as a Signal to Influence Perceived Trustworthiness in Initial Recruitment Processes.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Sandra Wolf wrote her dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Hack at the Witten Institute for Family Business (WIFU) at Witten/Herdecke University.