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Why they stay: Examining the intentions of non-family managers to remain employed in family firms
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- Author / Creator
- James, Albert
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The project addresses a critical gap in family business research literature, the interactions between owning families and non-family managers, by developing an empirical study of the intentions of these managers to stay employed in family businesses. I develop and test a model of how two manager characteristics and two owning family behaviours affect family business manager intention to stay. The model extends self-determination theory into the realm of family business research and is an opportunity to empirically study Ballinger & Rockmann’s (2010) notion of anchor events. The result is a mixed-methods project that includes a large online survey and a set of interviews with family business managers. From the collected survey data I test four hypotheses and report the results. Through the analysis I am able to demonstrate significant relationships between manager characteristics, owning family behaviours and family business manager intention to stay. From the interviews I develop deeper understandings and gain insights on owning family behaviours and non-family manager intention to stay employed in family businesses.
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- Graduation date
- Fall 2013
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- Type of Item
- Thesis
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- Degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
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- License
- This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.