文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：The succession process in Chinese family firms: A guanxi perspective

作者：Dou, Junsheng[1];Li, Shengxiao[2]

机构：[1]Zhejiang Univ, Sch Management, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, Peoples R China;[2]Shaoxing Univ, Coll Business & Management, Shaoxing 312000, Peoples R China

年份：2013

卷号：30

期号：3

起止页码：893

外文期刊名：ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT

收录：SSCI(收录号：WOS:000323071500015)、、WOS

基金：This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 70472049), the Ministry of Education of China Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project (grant no. 09YJC630196), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and the Postdoctoral Science Foundation (grant no. 201003716).

语种：英文

外文关键词：Chinese family firm; Succession; Guanxi

外文摘要：Intergenerational succession is a principal cause of the high failure rate among first- and second-generation family businesses. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the complexity and dynamics of the succession process by examining the role of guanxi. This paper uses an exploratory case study of six Chinese family firms. The results of this research indicate that (1) the succession process of entrepreneurs' guanxi networks can be divided into four representative phases, namely, preheating, triggering, readjusting, and reconstructing; and (2) each phase requires performing some characteristic tasks. Such tasks include the cross-generational teaching and learning of guanxi philosophy, the deconstruction of the profile of guanxi networks, the introduction of the next generation to existing guanxi parties, the cross-generational role readjustment in guanxi building and management, the renewal of guanxi parties, and the rebuilding of guanxi net structures. The results of this study also provide an extended theoretical model that helps to explain the relationship between the intergenerational transfer of entrepreneurs' guanxi networks and the transfer of leadership.