Journal of Family Business Management: Volume 13 Issue 2

COVID-19 and earnings management: a comparison between Chinese family and non-family enterprises

Md Jahidur Rahman, Jinru Ding, Md Moazzem Hossain, Eijaz Ahmed Khan

The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on earnings management practices in China using a sample of family and non-family enterprises…

The main factors of family harmony in Moroccan family businesses: an exploratory study

Hiba Birgach, Badr Habba

The purpose of this paper is to explore the main factors of family harmony in Moroccan family businesses.

The association between internal control quality and audit report lag in the French setting: the moderating effect of family directors

Hela Gontara, Imen Khelil, Hichem Khlif

The purpose of the paper is to examine the association between internal control quality (ICQ) and audit report lag (ARL) and to test whether family directors affect the…

Non-family employee strategic renewal in family firms: the transformational leadership role of family board members and psychological ownership

Tien Dung Luu

The study aims to reveal the strategic renewal (SR) of non-family employees in family small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with the effects of transformational board member…

Impact of leadership gender stereotyping on managing familial conflict, matrimonial strategies, divorce decisions and marital satisfaction in Qatar

Rima Charbaji El-Kassem, Noora Lari, Maitha Al Naimi, Maryam Fahad Al-Thani, Buthaina Al Khulaifi, Noor Khaled Al-Thani

This study aims to investigate the direct and indirect effects of leadership style and gender roles on managing familial conflict (MFC), as well as how such conflict resolution…

Servant leadership and customer OCB: moderation effect of altruistic values amongst family hotels employees

Edem Maxwell Azila-Gbettor

The paper investigates the moderating model of servant leadership (SL), customer citizenship behaviour (CCB) and Altruistic Work Value (AWV) among employees of 1-star and 2-star…

A manager's stewardship identification in Brazilian family firms: the role of controls' design and procedural justice

Daniel Magalhaes Mucci, Ann Jorissen, Fábio Frezatti

The paper investigates whether a family firm's control context is directly associated with a manager's stewardship attitude or whether this relationship is mediated by the…

Cultural alignment and intergenerational succession in family firms: a game-theoretical experiment

Shital Jayantilal, Sílvia Ferreira Jorge, Diogo Lourenço, Anabela Botelho, Tomás M. Bañegil

The study aims to investigate the effect of cultural alignment and value congruency between children and founder on intergenerational succession and on the observation of family…

Whether family ownership affects the relationship between CSR and EM: evidence from Chinese listed firms

Md Jahidur Rahman, Xinying Zheng

This study explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and earnings management (EM) in China and whether family ownership impacts this relationship.

Determining nonfamily employees' job satisfaction and turnover intentions: the roles of job autonomy and work passion

Michael Mustafa, Hazel Melanie Ramos, Siti Khadijah Zainal Badri

The purpose of this study seeks to examine how nonfamily employees' job autonomy and work passion can influence their job satisfaction and intention to quit in family…

The postponed succession: an investigation of the obstacles hindering business transmission planning in family firms

Filippo Ferrari

Drawing on the theory of planned behaviour, this research aims to investigate systemically if and how incumbents and successors share attitudes, social norms and perception of the…

Owner-manager when death do us part – roles of a widow in sudden succession in family firms

Hanna Almlöf, Hans Sjögren

This study sheds light on a hitherto understudied group in family business literature: widows. We explore the roles a widow may take following the unexpected death of her…

Is small and medium-sized beautiful? The structure and evolution of family SMEs research

Giuseppe Valenza, Andrea Caputo, Andrea Calabrò

The field of scientific research on small and medium-sized family businesses has been growing exponentially and the aim of this paper is to systematize the body of knowledge to…

An exploration of the role of intuitive forms of planning in the succession process: the explanatory power of effectuation theory

Mira Bloemen-Bekx, Frank Lambrechts, Anita Van Gils

This study explores how and when intuitive forms of planning can be used in a family firm's succession process.

A theory of venture capital family business: a governance trajectory

Torbjörn Ljungkvist, Börje Boers

The purpose of this study is to understand venture capital family businesses (VCFBs) governance of portfolio companies through the deal process.

Family members as hybrid owner-managers in family-owned newspaper companies: handling multiple institutional logics

Börje Boers, Thomas Andersson

This article aims to increase the understanding of the role of individual actors and arenas in dealing with multiple institutional logics in family firms.