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Family involvement and corporate social responsibility in small- and medium-sized family firms. / Campopiano, Giovanna; De Massis, Alfredo Vittorio.
The Routledge companion to family business. ed. / Franz W. Kellermanns; Frank Hoy. Routledge, 2016. (Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting).Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Family involvement and corporate social responsibility in small- and medium-sized family firms
AU - Campopiano, Giovanna
AU - De Massis, Alfredo Vittorio
PY - 2016/9/15
Y1 - 2016/9/15
N2 - AbstractThis study investigates how family involvement affects engagement of private small- and medium-sized family firms in corporate social responsibility. We draw on reputation and self-interest arguments to hypothesize and test the effects of degree of family ownership, intra-family ownership dispersion, and family generation in control on firm engagement in corporate social responsibility. Using survey data collected from a sample of 136 Italian small- and medium-sized family firms, we find support for our hypotheses and underlying contention that family involvement matters, as CSR engagement decreases if a higher percentage of shares is owned by the family, ownership is dispersed among a higher number of family members, as well as later-generations control the business. We conclude by discussing the study’s implications for theory and practice, limitations, and future research directions.
AB - AbstractThis study investigates how family involvement affects engagement of private small- and medium-sized family firms in corporate social responsibility. We draw on reputation and self-interest arguments to hypothesize and test the effects of degree of family ownership, intra-family ownership dispersion, and family generation in control on firm engagement in corporate social responsibility. Using survey data collected from a sample of 136 Italian small- and medium-sized family firms, we find support for our hypotheses and underlying contention that family involvement matters, as CSR engagement decreases if a higher percentage of shares is owned by the family, ownership is dispersed among a higher number of family members, as well as later-generations control the business. We conclude by discussing the study’s implications for theory and practice, limitations, and future research directions.
KW - Family Business
KW - Family involvement
KW - Corporate Social Responsibility
KW - SMEs
KW - Quantitative study
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781138919112
T3 - Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting
BT - The Routledge companion to family business
A2 - Kellermanns, Franz W.
A2 - Hoy, Frank
PB - Routledge
ER -