Antecedents and consequences of adolescents' motivations to join the family business |
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| Institution: | 1. Clark University, Graduate School of Management, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610, USA;2. Center for Creative Leadership, One Leadership Place, Greensboro, NC 27410, USA;3. University of Nebraska, Department of Educational Psychology, 114 Teachers College Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0345, USA;1. University of Düsseldorf, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany;2. University of Paderborn, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany |
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| Abstract: | This study investigates the career development of adolescents with a family business background through a motivational lens. Drawing on self-determination theory, antecedents and consequences of three succession motivations (autonomous, e.g., career interest; introjected, e.g., family obligation; external, e.g., job opportunities) were analyzed in a sample of 152 adolescents in family firms. Structural equation modeling revealed that parental relational support and adolescent's perceived entrepreneurial competence predicted autonomous motivation, whereas parental control related to introjected motivation. Moreover, autonomous motivation related positively to offspring's succession likelihood. Findings point to the relevance of parental career-specific behaviors in the early process of career and succession planning in family firms. |
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