Financial Attitudes in Family Firms: The Moderating Role of Family Commitment

Christian Koropp, Dietmar Grichnik and Franz Kellermanns

Journal of Small Business Management, 2013, vol. 51, issue 1, 114-137

Abstract: This study investigates how family commitment moderates whether and how financial knowledge, positive experience with debt suppliers, and economic goal orientation affect owner–managers' attitudes toward debt financing in family firms. Using a sample of 280 erman family firms, we find significant relationships between both financial knowledge and positive experience with debt suppliers and owner–managers' financial attitudes toward debt. Our findings show that family commitment moderates these relationships such that high family commitment increases the impact of prior experience with debt suppliers, though the effect of economic goal orientation is lowered and reversed. Overall, we contribute to research on financial decision making, capital structure, and social capital in family firms.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2012.00380.x

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