Governance, Social Identity, and Entrepreneurial Orientation in Closely Held Public Companies
基于认同理论，研究发现在股权集中的上市公司中，所有者兼CEO的身份影响创业导向，进而影响企业绩效；创始人所有者表现出高创业导向和高绩效，而家族所有者则限制创业导向和绩效。
Based on notions from the identity theory, this study argues that in public firms in which ownership is concentrated, owner–chief executive officer (CEO) identities will influence entrepreneurial orientation (EO), and EO will relate to superior performance. Specifically, lone founder owners and CEOs will embrace entrepreneurial identities: their firms will exhibit high levels of EO and outperform. Post–founder family owners and CEOs, given their ties to family in the organization, will assume identities as family nurturers, thereby limiting EO and performance. Family firm founders will exhibit blended identities and demonstrate intermediate levels of EO and performance. This analysis of Fortune 1000 firms finds support for these arguments.