Parent-Child Relationships: Planting the Seeds of Deviant Behavior in the Family Firm

We posit that parent–child relationships lead to subsequent leader–member exchange (LMX) differentiation in family firms. This differentiation shapes a child's behavior toward the firm. Altruism is proposed to further increase the effects of LMX differentiation on workplace behavior by fosterin...

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Published in:Entrepreneurship theory and practice 2012-03, Vol.36 (2), p.369-386
Main Authors: Eddleston, Kimberly A., Kidwell, Roland E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Altruism
Analysis
Behavior
Children
Corporate governance
Deviance
Deviant behavior
Entrepreneurs
Family
Family corporations
Family firms
Family owned businesses
Family-owned business enterprises
Group behaviour
Group identity
Intergenerational relationships
Leadership
Management
Nepotism
Organizational behavior
Parent and child
Parent-child relations
Parents
Social aspects
Studies
Workplaces
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Summary:We posit that parent–child relationships lead to subsequent leader–member exchange (LMX) differentiation in family firms. This differentiation shapes a child's behavior toward the firm. Altruism is proposed to further increase the effects of LMX differentiation on workplace behavior by fostering feelings of entitlement or rebellion among out–group children and strengthening in–group children's commitment to the firm. Our article breaks new ground by explaining how parent–child relationships and LMX can result in deviant behavior in family firms, how parental altruism can create vicious and virtuous circles of behavior and how stewardship and opportunism can occur within the same family firm.
ISSN:1042-2587
1540-6520
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00403.x