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Managerial controls in private family firms : the influence of a family’s decision premises
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Abstract
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| In most studies, the affiliation of the manager (family-affiliated or non-family affiliated) and supposedly related behavior (agent or steward) is considered the sole antecedent to explain a family business’ (non) professionalization of managerial controls. This paper, based on Luhmann’s new system theory, examines whether a family’s decision premises influence the design of managerial controls in family firms in addition to a manager’s family affiliation status. Using survey data of 135 large and medium-sized Brazilian family firms and testing the hypotheses with SEM, this study provides evidence that a family’s decision premises significantly influence the design of managerial controls in family firms. This study provides evidence that when a family’s intention to transfer the firm to next generation (TGO) is high, more formal controls, as well as controls of a more participative nature are adopted in a family firm. Moreover, the results do not indicate that the level of family involvement in management affects the design of controls in firms with high TGO. The results only showed a significant relationship between a family’s intention to control and influence (FCI) the firm and the absence of participative controls. In addition, these findings also illustrate that each single family-induced decision premise has the potential to explain family firm behavior, since each of the two premises considered in our study is related to a different design of the controls adopted by the family firm. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Sustainability
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Publication
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2021
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ISSN
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2071-1050
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DOI
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10.3390/SU13042158
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Volume/pages
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13
:4
(2021)
, p. 1-21
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Article Reference
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2158
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ISI
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000624771300001
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E-only publicatie
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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