The Determinants of Family Owner-Managers' affective organizational Commitment
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2010-08-09
Author(s)
Abstract
Affective organizational commitment is an important predictor of the willingness to contribute to organizational goals and is of particular relevance to family firms, as these firms often rely on long-term involvement of family members through transgenerational succession. Drawing on organizational commitment and ownership attachment theories, we probe the influence of family firm dynamics (i.e. family harmony and relational conflict) on work-family conflict and family owner-managers' ownership attachment, which in turn impact affective organizational commitment. Based on a study of 326 family firms, we introduce ownership attachment as an important antecedent to affective organizational commitment. We find that ownership attachment is positively affected by both family harmony and work-family conflict, whereby work-family conflict is influenced by relational conflict. We also find that work-family conflict affects ownership attachment.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Dare to Care: Passion and Compassion in Management Practice and Research
Publisher
Academy of Management
Publisher place
Chicago
Volume
Paper Session 729
Start page
40
Event Title
70th Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM) 2010 "Dare to Care"
Event Location
Montréal, Canada
Event Date
06.-10.08.2010
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
61032