Different Strokes for Different Folks: The Roles of Religion and Tradition for Transgenerational Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses

Nonyelum Lina Eze, Mattias Nordqvist, Georges Samara and Maria José Parada

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2021, vol. 45, issue 4, 792-837

Abstract: This study explores how differences originating in religion and traditions imbue family features and business practices that affect the capacity of family businesses to continue being entrepreneurial across generations; that is, to maintain transgenerational entrepreneurship. Building on an in-depth qualitative study of family businesses, we show how differences in religion and traditions within three subregions of a developing country shape the family structure, the functioning of the family, and the family mindset with concomitant implications on the business practices that foster or hinder transgenerational entrepreneurship. Theoretical and practical contributions are discussed in the context of entrepreneurship and family business.

Keywords: transgenerational entrepreneurship; family structure; family business; religion; traditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/1042258720964428

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