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Reference : Daughters Taking Over the Family Business : A Gender Analysis


	Document type :	Scientific congresses and symposiums : Paper published in a book
	Discipline(s) :	Business & economic sciences : General management & organizational theory
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/10434

Title :	Daughters Taking Over the Family Business : A Gender Analysis
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Constantinidis, Christina [Université de Liège - ULg > HEC - Ecole de gestion de l'ULg > Gestion des ressources hum. et management des organisations >]
	Cornet, Annie [Université de Liège - ULg > HEC - Ecole de gestion de l'ULg > Gestion des ressources hum. et management des organisations >]
Publication date :	2008
Main document title :	31st Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference : International Entrepreneurship - Promoting Excellence in Education, Research and Practice, Conference CD, 5th-7th November 2008, Belfast, N. Ireland
Director :	Dunsby, Brian L.
Other contributor :	Hall, Margaret
	Berrow, Geoff
Publisher :	Perlex Associates
Peer reviewed :	Yes
On invitation :	No
Audience :	International
ISBN :	978-1-900862-08-0
City :	Harrogate
Country :	United Kingdom
Event name :	31st Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, International Entrepreneurship - Promoting Excellence in Education, Research and Practice
Event date :	5th-7th November 2008
Event organizer :	Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Event place (city) :	Belfast
Event country :	Northern Irland
Keywords :	[en] gender ; family business ; succession process ; women entrepreneurs ; entrepreneurship
	[fr] genre ; entreprise familiale ; processus de succession ; femmes entrepreneures ; entrepreneuriat
Abstract :	[en] This paper investigates the succession process as perceived and lived by daughters taking over the family business, with a gender perspective. Despite the rich literature on the succession process in family firms, few studies use a gender approach, though an increasing number of ventures are launched, taken over and managed by women, largely contributing to the economic development. In line with Dumas (1998), Barbot et al. (2005) and Vera & Dean (2005), our research aims at analyzing the succession process when daughters take over the family business. Our contribution is a gender analysis of the process, including the social phenomena of separation and hierarchy, with a focus on family composition. Using the model of Cadieux et al. (2000), we identify at each stage of the succession process, the key actors of the environment, we analyze their interactions and see how they open opportunities or rise difficulties in terms of legitimacy for daughters. The qualitative thematic analysis of eleven detailed case studies reveals a strong influence of the presence or absence of a son on the motivations and positioning of daughters, as well as on the construction of their legitimacy towards family and stakeholders. This study leads to several implications for public and private initiatives.
Research units :	Etudes sur le Genre et la Diversité en Gestion - EgiD
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/10434
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