Cognition, emotion and action: persistent sources of parent–offspring paradoxes in the family business
Journal of Family Business Management
ISSN: 2043-6238
Article publication date: 22 March 2021
Issue publication date: 1 December 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of the study is to explore inductively the unique paradoxical tensions central to family business (FB) and to analyze how FB's members face these tensions and their implications in the personal and professional realms.
Design/methodology/approach
A multiple-case study with 11 parent–offspring dyads from Portuguese FBs was conducted putting the focus on the micro-level interactions.
Findings
The slopes of roles and relationality in FBs produces three persistent sets of tensions around cognition, emotion and action. These tensions exist in a paradoxical state, containing potentiality for synergy or trade-off.
Originality/value
Our study is the first to empirically demonstrate that paradoxical tensions between parent and offspring are interrelated, by emphasizing the uniqueness of FB as a paradoxical setting and offering insights to negotiating of these singular paradoxes.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are thankful for the research funding support to Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (UID/ECO/00124/2013, UID/ECO/00124/2019, UID/GES/00731/2019, and Social Sciences DataLab, LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022209), POR Lisboa (LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-007722, LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022209) and POR Norte (LISBOA-01-0145-FEDER-022209).
Citation
Cunha, M.P.e., Soares Leitão, M.J., Clegg, S., Hernández-Linares, R., Moasa, H., Randerson, K. and Rego, A. (2022), "Cognition, emotion and action: persistent sources of parent–offspring paradoxes in the family business", Journal of Family Business Management, Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 729-749. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-11-2020-0104
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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