Succession in Chinese family enterprises: the influence of cognitive, regulatory and normative factors

Through an institution-based perspective, we investigate succession issues of Chinese family enterprises with a focus of how China's One Child Policy impacts the process. Based on an in-depth case study of two Chinese family firms, we find that the succession process is embedded in an instituti...

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Main Authors: Man, Thomas Wing Yan, Mustafa, Michael, Fang, Yao
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Published: Inderscience 2016
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description Through an institution-based perspective, we investigate succession issues of Chinese family enterprises with a focus of how China's One Child Policy impacts the process. Based on an in-depth case study of two Chinese family firms, we find that the succession process is embedded in an institutional environment constituted by a multitude of intertwining moral, socio-economic, and politico-legal factors. To be more effective in this process, we recommend an earlier cultivation of the successors' positive values and attitudes towards the family enterprises, proper alignment between their knowledge and experience, provision of mentoring to them, and strengthening their effort in reflecting upon experience.
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spelling nottingham-473452020-05-04T18:09:56Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47345/ Succession in Chinese family enterprises: the influence of cognitive, regulatory and normative factors Man, Thomas Wing Yan Mustafa, Michael Fang, Yao Through an institution-based perspective, we investigate succession issues of Chinese family enterprises with a focus of how China's One Child Policy impacts the process. Based on an in-depth case study of two Chinese family firms, we find that the succession process is embedded in an institutional environment constituted by a multitude of intertwining moral, socio-economic, and politico-legal factors. To be more effective in this process, we recommend an earlier cultivation of the successors' positive values and attitudes towards the family enterprises, proper alignment between their knowledge and experience, provision of mentoring to them, and strengthening their effort in reflecting upon experience. Inderscience 2016-09-23 Article PeerReviewed Man, Thomas Wing Yan, Mustafa, Michael and Fang, Yao (2016) Succession in Chinese family enterprises: the influence of cognitive, regulatory and normative factors. International Journal of Management Practice, 9 (4). pp. 412-432. ISSN 1477-8143 family business; China; succession; institutional theory; One-Child Policy http://www.inderscience.com/offer.php?id=79620 doi:10.1504/IJMP.2016.079620 doi:10.1504/IJMP.2016.079620
spellingShingle family business; China; succession; institutional theory; One-Child Policy
Man, Thomas Wing Yan
Mustafa, Michael
Fang, Yao
Succession in Chinese family enterprises: the influence of cognitive, regulatory and normative factors
title Succession in Chinese family enterprises: the influence of cognitive, regulatory and normative factors
title_full Succession in Chinese family enterprises: the influence of cognitive, regulatory and normative factors
title_fullStr Succession in Chinese family enterprises: the influence of cognitive, regulatory and normative factors
title_full_unstemmed Succession in Chinese family enterprises: the influence of cognitive, regulatory and normative factors
title_short Succession in Chinese family enterprises: the influence of cognitive, regulatory and normative factors
title_sort succession in chinese family enterprises: the influence of cognitive, regulatory and normative factors
topic family business; China; succession; institutional theory; One-Child Policy
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47345/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47345/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47345/