Abstracts
Abstract
This research investigates the effect of the key socio-emotional goal of family members’ identification with the firm on international diversification. Furthermore, it examines the moderating effect of a family firm’s learning orientation – expressed in terms of a firm’s exploratory and reproductive orientations – on the relationship between this goal and a firm’s degree of international diversification. Our findings do not validate the thesis according to which a reproductive orientation would reinforce the negative relationship between family members’ identification and international diversification. However, it shows that exploratory orientation negatively moderates the relationship between family members’ identification with the firm and international diversification.
Keywords:
- Family firms,
- international diversification,
- socio-emotional wealth,
- identification with the firm,
- exploration,
- exploitation
Résumé
Cette recherche analyse l’effet de l’identification des membres de la famille à l’entreprise – objectif socio-émotionnel clé au sein des entreprises familiales – sur la diversification internationale de l’entreprise. L’effet modérateur de l’orientation apprentissage – exprimée en termes d’orientation exploratoire et reproductive – sur la relation entre l’identification et le degré de diversification internationale est évalué. Les résultats ne valident pas la thèse selon laquelle l’orientation reproductive renforcerait la relation négative entre l’identification et la diversification internationale. Cependant, l’étude montre que l’orientation exploratoire modère négativement la relation entre l’identification des membres de la famille à l’entreprise et la diversification internationale.
Mots-clés :
- Entreprises familiales,
- diversification internationale,
- richesse socio-émotionnelle,
- identification à l’entreprise,
- exploration,
- exploitation
Resumen
Esta investigación analiza el efecto de la identificación de los miembros de la familia con la empresa – un objetivo socioemocional clave en las empresas familiares – sobre la diversificación internacional de la empresa. Se evalúa el efecto moderador de la orientación al aprendizaje – expresada en términos de orientación exploratoria y reproductiva – sobre la relación entre la identificación y el grado de diversificación internacional. Los resultados no apoyan la tesis de que la orientación reproductiva refuerza la relación negativa entre la identificación y la diversificación internacional. Sin embargo, el estudio muestra que la orientación exploratoria modera negativamente la relación entre la identificación de los miembros de la familia con la empresa y la diversificación internacional.
Palabras clave:
- Empresas familiares,
- diversificación internacional,
- riqueza socioemocional,
- identificación con la empresa,
- exploración,
- explotación
Appendices
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