Stepping into my shoes: Generativity as a mediator of the relationship between business owners' age and family succession
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In: Ageing & Society, Vol. 32, No. 4, 05.2012, p. 673-696.
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T1 - Stepping into my shoes
T2 - Generativity as a mediator of the relationship between business owners' age and family succession
AU - Zacher, Hannes
AU - Schmitt, Antje
AU - Gielnik, Michael
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - The authors investigated generativity-the concern in establishing and guiding the next generation-as a mediator of the relationship between family business owners' age and succession in family businesses. Data came from 155 family business owners in Germany from different industries between the ages of 26 and 83 years. Results showed that age was positively related to generativity, and that generativity, in turn, positively influenced an objective measure of family succession. Generativity fully mediated the positive relationship between age and family succession. The findings suggest that generativity is an important psycho-social construct for understanding ageing, careers and succession in family business settings.
AB - The authors investigated generativity-the concern in establishing and guiding the next generation-as a mediator of the relationship between family business owners' age and succession in family businesses. Data came from 155 family business owners in Germany from different industries between the ages of 26 and 83 years. Results showed that age was positively related to generativity, and that generativity, in turn, positively influenced an objective measure of family succession. Generativity fully mediated the positive relationship between age and family succession. The findings suggest that generativity is an important psycho-social construct for understanding ageing, careers and succession in family business settings.
KW - Business psychology
KW - age
KW - careers
KW - family businesses
KW - generativity
KW - succession
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859616859&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0144686X11000547
DO - 10.1017/S0144686X11000547
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 32
SP - 673
EP - 696
JO - Ageing & Society
JF - Ageing & Society
SN - 1469-1779
IS - 4
ER -