The family factor: How collaborative dialogue between owner managers and the owner family shapes firm-level outcomes
基于116家家族企业的定量分析和7家企业的12次定性访谈，研究发现所有者家族与管理者之间的协作对话能调节管理者风险态度对高管团队创新性的影响，并增强高管团队创新性对企业创新能力的促进作用。
The influence of the owner family on managerial decision-making in family firms is undisputed. However, we know relatively little about how this influence is exerted. Based on upper echelon theory, and in the context of innovation management, we explore the owner family’s influence via collaborative dialogue. Quantitative analyses based on 116 family firms, substantiated by 12 qualitative interviews within seven family firms, show that an owner family’s collaborative dialogue minimizes the influence of an owner manager’s attitude toward risk on TMT innovativeness. On the other hand, the collaborative dialogue strengthens the impact TMT innovativeness has on firm-level innovative capacity.