Beyond organizational identification: The legitimization and robustness of family identification in the family firm

Cleaner production practices at company level enhance the desire of employees to have a significant positive impact on society through work

“…Therefore, on the base of these self-contradictory findings of various aforementioned studies on OI (e.g. Conroy et al., 2017 ; Ertürk and Albayrak, 2019 ; Farooq and Salam, 2020 ; John, 2017 ; John et al., 2019 , 2017 ; Matherne et al., 2017 ; Neill et al., 2019 ; Qian and Jian, 2020 ; Shahzadi et al., 2019 ; Tsui and Ngo, 2015 ) this study argues that more studies are warranted to evaluate the significance of OI in the garments manufacturing industry. Moreover, this study submits that the concept of OI is novice to CPP, SQ and CSR literature; therefore, it requires a thorough investigation to validate the implications of OI in the garments manufacturing industry.…”

“…Furthermore, numerous scholars (e.g. Jones, 2010 ; Matherne et al., 2017 ; Mazancieux et al., 2020 ) have also acknowledged that OI serves as a precursor of role-breadth, which enhances employees’ desire to stay ahead in outperforming others by assuming extra-roles at their workplace.…”

Responding to Digital Transformation by External Corporate Venturing: An Enterprising Family Identity and Communication Patterns Perspective

“…In enterprising families, the stronger/weaker identification of the family with the firm depends on the integration of family‐specific aspects (e.g., family communication patterns) into the business (Zellweger et al, 2010), which is in turn observable through firm behaviour (Reiss, 1981). This suggests family identification being a way in which characteristics such as family communication are funnelled into the business, leading to strategic decisions of the next generation that help the firm reach family goals as a result (Cabrera‐Suárez et al, 2014; Holt et al, 2017; Matherne et al, 2017). Family‐related goals in business particularly include the preservation of its wealth (Hoffman et al, 2006; Sundaramurthy and Kreiner, 2008; Vandekerkhof et al, 2018; Zellweger et al, 2012).…”

“…In an attempt to understand the mechanisms behind this paradox, we shift attention in the following to the family side of entrepreneurship, combining family theory and organizational behaviour theory. We take these specific steps because we have knowledge indicating that family communication is linked to firm outcomes; organizational identification is related to these as well (Cabrera‐Suárez et al, 2014; Jenkins and Delbridge, 2014; Matherne et al, 2017; Sciascia et al, 2013). Doing this allows us to understand how the defining stakeholder group of the family business, i.e., the family, is related to the business, enhancing our knowledge of how identity concerns influence firm level outcomes (Frank et al, 2019; Zellweger et al, 2010).…”

Family Business Identity as Source of Performance, Efficiency and Competitive Advantage

“…Furthermore, identification is positively associated with organizational commitment, citizenship behaviour and family employee involvement. On the one hand, family members have higher levels of family identification than non-family members, which leads to a strong affective, normative and continuance commitment and to organizational citizenship behaviours (Matherne, Waterwall, Ring, & Credoa, 2017). On the other hand, higher levels of family business identification are positively associated with employee involvement and family stewardship behaviours and attenuate the negative consequences of resource paucity on firm survival (Lee, Phan, & Ding, 2016).…”