Succession in the Family Firm: A Cognitive Categorization Perspective
基于认知分类理论，研究了家族企业中父辈领导者和子辈继任者如何通过认知分类过程相互评价和影响继任进程，提出了可检验的命题。
Using cognitive categorization as a foundation, this paper develops a theory of leadership succession in the family firm. We specify a general leadership succession model that includes the process by which both the parentqleader and childqsuccessor evaluate each other and themselves through the cognitive categorization process, and we develop testable propositions from the parentqleader and childqsuccessor classifications. This paper posits that these classifications influence the succession process as the parentqleader prepares the childqsuccessor for leadership, and that the childqsuccessor determines both the desirability of assuming leadership and his or her readiness to accept succession.