“Over My Dead Body”: Wives’ Influence in Family Business Succession
基于34次深度访谈，研究揭示了妻子通过规范性、互动性和体验性社会化在家族企业继任中的关键影响，并指出体验性社会化因婚姻和家庭生活期望的变化而愈发重要。
The family business literature barely addresses wives’ influence in family business succession. Where it does so, the result is often tokenistic, stereotypical, and imprecise. Drawing on 34 in-depth interviews, this article makes three contributions. First, it identifies wives’ critical influence in family business succession through socialization across the life span of the family business; specifically, through normative, interactive, and experiential socialization. Second, it demonstrates the diverse dynamics and impact of wives’ influence on family business continuity. Third, it highlights the particular significance of experiential socialization, whereby changing expectations of marriage and family life have amplified wives’ influence in succession outcomes.