Resilience Behaviors and Temporal Orientation in Family Firms
研究了家族企业应对外部不利事件时，如何同时兼顾过去、现在和未来三种时间导向，通过依赖前任行动、信任兄弟纽带和利用企业间及社区关系三种关系型韧性行为来构建韧性能力。
This study explores how the past, present, and future interact in family firms in the context of responses to an external adverse event. Our study reveals that family firms exhibit ambitemporality, the simultaneous accommodation of seemingly contradictory temporal orientations, when invoking three relational-based resilience behaviors: drawing on predecessor’s prior actions, trusting sibling bonds, and leveraging inter-firm and community relationships. Family firms engage in temporal reflexivity in that they recognize the value of specific resilience behaviors and commit to investing in them, building resilience capabilities for the future. Our study highlights the importance of temporal orientations to understanding resilience in family firms and suggests practical implications for family business practitioners.