篇名 | Entrepreneurial Experience, Support for Community and Family Firm Performance: A Cross-Study of Product and Service-based Family Businesses |
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卷期 | 12:4 |
作者 | Josiane Fahed Sreih 、 Guy Assaker 、 Rob Hallak |
頁次 | 467-496 |
關鍵字 | Family Businesses 、 Entrepreneurial Experience 、 Support for Community 、 PLS-Structural Equation Modeling 、 Multi-Group T-Tests and Permutation Tests |
出刊日期 | 201612 |
DOI | 10.7903/cmr.15360 |
Drawing on theories from corporate social responsibility, entrepreneurship, and human capital, this study examines the structural relationships between entrepreneurial experience, support for community and family firm performance. Partial least-squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to collect the data from 176 family businesses from two sectors of the economy - productmanufacturing and service-based organizations. The empirical results indicated that family firm owners’ entrepreneurial experience (business owner’s education level, length of time as a business owner, and the number of businesses owned in the past) is a significant predictor of the business’ support for community. Entrepreneurial experience was also found to have a significant and indirect effect on family firm performance. Additionally, the structural model was examined across product and service-based organizations. Our findings suggest that entrepreneurial experience has a stronger effect on family firm performance among service-based organizations.