Does the CEO’s gender influence next generation
involvement in family firms? A role model perspective.
Gillot Eugénie, Mahieu Marie, Falize Marine
Contact:
GILLOT EUGENIE
CHAIRE FAMILLES EN ENTREPRISES de L’ICHEC Brussels Management School
Rue au bois 365, 1150 Bruxelles
E-mail : eugenie.gillot@ichec.be
RESEARCH TOPIC : Family Business (FB) Challenge
→ Succession process
What we know:
ROLE MODEL THEORY
METHODOLOGY AND DATASET
A role model= person whose life and activities influenced
another person’s specific life decisions (3)
→Early role models = parents
→Role model:
impacts careerpath
→Early exposure in FB
= enhance succession
process
Références
[Référence 1] Constantinidis, C., & Nelson, T. (2010). Integrating Succession and Gender Issues from the Perspective of the Daughter of Family Enterprise: A Cross-National Investigation. Management International, 14(1), 43–54.
https://doi.org/10.7202/039138ar
[Référence 2] Ramadani, V., Dana, L.-P., Sadiku-Dushi, N., Ratten, V., & Welsh, D. H. B. (2017). Decision-Making Challenges of Women Entrepreneurship in Family Business Succession Process. Journal of Enterprising Culture, 25(04), 411–439.
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218495817500157
[ Référence 3] Singh, V., Vinnicombe, S., & James, K. (2006). Constructing a professional identity: How young female managers use role models. Women in Management Review, 21(1), 67–81. https://doi.org/10.1108/09649420610643420
FIRST RESULTS
- Impact of mother on daughter
→ first analysis: no significant results in our sample
- Impact of mother being CEO on Children’s involvement in
governance → Positive impact
NEXT STEPS
Qualitative Research: Interviews with daughters of female CEO’s .
? How was the relationship with their mother, what type of role model did they have? How did the siblings react ?
93 ♀
72 ♂
165 Next
Gen’s
Succession in FB(1)
- ♂ are preferred over
♀
= Wasted ressource
Succession in Male Owned FB ≠
Succession in Women Owned FB(2)
→Emotional leader
→Include all Children
→Don’t choose the successor
Only 33% of Family
Businesses are
women owned
companies
Overall: more
satisfaction of
the succession
process
RESEARCH QUESTION: Is there a bigger chance for daughters of CEO’s to be active in the FB if
the mother is the CEO or if the spouse is active in the company than if the mother is not active
in the FB at all?
Quantitative
Research: Chaire
Familles en
Entreprises 2017