The dearth of daughter successors in family businesses: Gendered norms, blindness to possibility, and invisibility

Overbeke, Kathyann Kessler; Bilimoria, Diana; Perelli, Sheri

doi:10.1016/j.jfbs.2013.07.002

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“…Van den Berghe and Carchon (2003), addressing governance issues from the perspective of agency theory, argue that, in a father-daughter relationship, the father always prioritizes the performance of the family business, unlike the daughter who probably will not. Third, within the literature, there is an attempt to examine culture as a contextual factor affecting women's role in family businesses (Overbeke et al 2013). Gherardi's (2015) study in northern Italy depicts women as merely non-paid 'help-mates', thereby reiterating the embedded nature of gendered roles in constructing social categories that define women and their work practices.…”

Section: Gender and The Transnational Migrant Family Businessmentioning

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Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business

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Despite increased academic attention paid to migration flows in Europe, the gendered nature of transnational migrant entrepreneurial journeys within the context of a family business remains under‐researched. We address this gap by investigating how transnational spaces allow women to challenge dominant ideas about their roles, and to claim legitimacy by opening branches of their family business abroad. With extensive longitudinal evidence collected over a seven‐year period, we showcase four biographical narratives of women operating transnational family businesses in the UK that had originated in Eastern Europe. Adopting this novel longitudinal approach, we provide insights into how these transnational migrant women entrepreneurs exercise individual agency to overcome structural constraints by developing strategies that prioritize their own business aspirations without fully sacrificing their family ties.

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Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business

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“…The analysis of the 16 articles that focus on succession highlights a broad set of drivers for this type of women's involvement in family firms. In particular, at the firm level, the presence of automatically activated gendered norms, such as primogeniture, may impede female succession (Overbeke, Bilimoria, & Perelli, 2013).…”

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“…Culture is frequently cited (in 16 papers) as a contextual factor affecting women's succession (Overbeke et al, 2013) and career (Cole, 1997): women in family business continue to struggle with some limitations imposed by stereotypes, which may particularly affect their career advancements in the absence of a careful evaluation of their potential and performance.…”

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Women’s involvement in family firms: Progress and challenges for future research

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Rinaldi

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Journal of Family Business Strategy

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This article reviews research on women's involvement in family firms according to a driversbehaviors-outcomes framework. Through a systematic review, we analyze and organize the content of 87 academic articles according to the type of involvement of women in family business, i.e. entrepreneurial entry, succession, career dynamics, and presence in family firms. We identify the drivers and outcomes of women's involvement in family firms at the firm, family, and individual level of analysis, as well as the contextual factors that may influence the aforementioned elements. Drawing on these findings, we identify relevant research gaps, propose a number of future research directions aimed at bridging these gaps, and suggest unexplored research avenues.

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“…Of course, opinions may change over the years. For example, Overbeke et al [12] states that even those who had refused to work in their family businesses and to take over the family business during their youth, eventually became successors in family businesses. On the other hand, there may be situations that might affect the young person's willingness to take over the family business in their future.…”

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Participation of the young generation in family-owned businesses

Horčičková¹

2019

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The article is based on research which was focused on students in their last year of studies at secondary vocational schools, high schools, vocational colleges, and, subsequently, at public universities in the Liberec Region. The author's doctoral thesis deals with the complex decision-making process of young people leading to taking over the family business [1]. Based on the results of the analysis, a basic scheme of participation of young people in family business in the Liberec Region was created. The factors that influence the individual stages of the decision-making process are identified and summarized, taking into account the type of municipality in which the family business is run. It also considers the type of family business, i.e. whether it is a Family Business Corporation or Family Business of Natural Persons.

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The dearth of daughter successors in family businesses: Gendered norms, blindness to possibility, and invisibility

Cited by 84 publications

References 33 publications

Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business

Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business

Women’s involvement in family firms: Progress and challenges for future research

Participation of the young generation in family-owned businesses

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