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Death That Builds: Death Awareness and Family Firms’ Social Orientation

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  • Sébastien Fosse

    (IE Business School, IE University)

  • Carl Kock

    (IE Business School, IE University)

  • Marianna Makri

    (University of Miami School of Business - University of Miami [Coral Gables])

Abstract

Researchers have attributed the unique social orientation of family firms to the reputational motives of family members. However, little is known about how such an enduring characteristic could persist beyond the lifetimes of those individual members. Using an inductive, qualitative approach and comparing letters to shareholders from family and nonfamily Fortune 500 firms, we combine theory on succession in family firms and recent work on death awareness to derive a model linking the organizational identity to a reflective approach to death. We discuss implications for research and practice in the areas of sustainability, family firms, and organizational identity.

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  • Sébastien Fosse & Carl Kock & Marianna Makri, 2014. "Death That Builds: Death Awareness and Family Firms’ Social Orientation," Post-Print hal-04739855, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04739855
    DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2014.11504abstract
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