TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological ownership, knowledge sharing and entrepreneurial orientation in family firms
T2 - The moderating role of governance heterogeneity
AU - Pittino, Daniel
AU - Barroso Martínez, Ascensión
AU - Chirico, Francesco
AU - Sanguino Galván, Ramón
PY - 2018/3/1
Y1 - 2018/3/1
N2 - Adopting a stewardship perspective and relying on a sample of 93 Spanish family firms, we emphasize the importance of psychological ownership as a primary determinant of entrepreneurial orientation in terms of proactiveness, innovativeness and risk taking. We also suggest that the relationship between psychological ownership and entrepreneurial orientation is mediated by knowledge sharing. Finally, we assess the potential moderating roles of heterogenous governance conditions in terms of the generation in control, generational involvement and family involvement in the top management team with regard to the relationship between psychological ownership and knowledge sharing. Research and managerial implications are shared in the concluding section.
AB - Adopting a stewardship perspective and relying on a sample of 93 Spanish family firms, we emphasize the importance of psychological ownership as a primary determinant of entrepreneurial orientation in terms of proactiveness, innovativeness and risk taking. We also suggest that the relationship between psychological ownership and entrepreneurial orientation is mediated by knowledge sharing. Finally, we assess the potential moderating roles of heterogenous governance conditions in terms of the generation in control, generational involvement and family involvement in the top management team with regard to the relationship between psychological ownership and knowledge sharing. Research and managerial implications are shared in the concluding section.
KW - Entrepreneurial orientation
KW - Family firms' heterogeneity
KW - Knowledge sharing
KW - Psychological ownership
KW - Stewardship
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85028696247&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.08.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.08.014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85028696247
SN - 0148-2963
VL - 84
SP - 312
EP - 326
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
ER -