 Do married couples make better family firm leaders: Evidence from ChinaJunhua Tang, Eric Osmer and Yao Zheng Journal of Economics and Business, 2022, vol. 118, issue C, No S0148619521000485 Abstract: Using data from publicly-listed firms, we investigate the relation between marital leadership and Chinese family firm performance. We find that married couples are better leaders for larger firms, firms in knowledge-based industries and firms with complex operations. Additional analysis reveals that marital leadership plays a significant role in contributing to firm performance when the CEO of a married couple firm has high education achievement, when married couples have a small age differential and if one of the spouses is willing to serve as the company’s CEO. Companies benefiting the most from marital leadership are primarily located in the coastal areas of China or in regions where an intense government-market supportive system exists. Also, during uncertain times, the presence of marital leadership tends to enhance a firm’s inclination to invest. Overall, our results suggest that marital leadership is an effective Chinese family firm organizational structure. Keywords: Family firms; Marital leadership; Firm performance; Organizational structure (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jebusi:v:118:y:2022:i:c:s0148619521000485 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2021.106030 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Economics and Business is currently edited by Emanuele Bajo and Moritz Ritter More articles in Journal of Economics and Business from Elsevier |
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