Organising family and business: Affective value prioritisation amongst older entrepreneurs

Abstract

This paper explores the entrepreneurial motivations of older entrepreneurs, specifically the importance of affective motivations and the influence of family and personal wellbeing on older entrepreneurs’ decisions to start-up and their subsequent business model choices. Departing from the extant literature examining the effects of family on firm and vice versa, the focus here is on the influence of family outside the boundary of the firm. Drawing on socioemotional selectivity theory (SST), the paper reports a study of older entrepreneurs who report motivations that prioritise family-based affective value external to the enterprise itself. As such, the paper contributes new knowledge on motivations for entrepreneurship and the embedded nature of family and business, particularly for older entrepreneurs.

The role of women in United Kingdom farm businesses

“…Whilst previous studies on this topic have primarily examined the job role of women in farm businesses (Gasson, 1980;1992;Shortall and Kelly, 2002;Dunne et al, 2021;Smith et al, 2021), this research explores the roles women play in the farm business; the extent that women contribute to the farm business through these roles or characteristics of roles; the woman's contribution to decision-making in farming businesses and the perceptions of women themselves of their roles in the agribusiness industry. This socially embedded nature of family and business has been identified in other studies (Salder, 2022;Stirzaker et al, 2022). Based on the findings of this research, we argue that previous literatures' portrayal of the role of women (notably Gasson, 1980;Brasier et al, 2014) in agricultural businesses is outdated, as the role of women in agriculture has evolved to one which is of multi-skilled/multi-characterisation.…”

“…Diversification can be driven by combined and interconnected economic, social, and personal motives, but primarily the driver is as an alternative economic strategy to support and enable the farm business' survival and socially and personally, is a preferred option as women can be independent and work from home, important for those with children and limited rural childcare (Pettersson and Caseel, 2014). An example of this is seen through the female managing the agritourism activities of the family business as a means of supplementing farm income (Stirzaker et al, 2022).…”

Emprendimiento sénior: revisión semissistemática de la literatura y agenda de investigación futura

“…De hecho, Soto-Simeone y Kautonen (2021) concluyen de su análisis que, en el caso de emprendedores sénior que inician su proyecto en condiciones adversas, las razones importantes para emprender son de naturaleza no nanciera, como la búsqueda de autonomía. La exibilidad inherente al tiempo de trabajo y la autonomía del trabajo basado en la empresa pueden permitir que los emprendedores séniores perciban benecios socioemocionales o afectivos atípicos y positivos (Stirzaker et al, 2023;Wainwright & Kibler, 2014).…”

“…Biron y St-Jean (2023) presentan esta perspectiva como limitada o ilimitada, ya sea negativa o positiva. Stirzaker et al (2023) aborda las relaciones afectivas entre el individuo mayor y el emprendimiento. Caines et al (2019) destaca la naturaleza cognitiva del emprendimiento sénior, mientras que Kenny y Rossiter (2018) presentaron un modelo conceptual con antecedentes y barreras para el emprendedor sénior.…”