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Journal of Small Business Management Volume 61, 2023 - Issue 4
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Transforming entrepreneurial orientation into performance in family SMEs: Are nonfamily CEOs better than family CEOs?

Jonathan Bauweraertsa Department of Control, Audit, Risk Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Mons, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Claudia Pongellib Department of Business and Management, LUISS University, Italy
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Salvatore Sciasciac Centre for Strategic Management & Family Business, Università Cattaneo–LIUC, Italy
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Pietro Mazzolad Department of Business, Economics and Law, IULM University, Italy
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Alessandro Minichillie Department of Management and ICRIOS, Bocconi University, Italy
Pages 1672-1703 | Published online: 18 Feb 2021
 
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ABSTRACT

We draw on the agency and stewardship perspectives to determine whether and how the effect of family leadership on the entrepreneurial orientation-performance relationship in small and medium (SME) family firms is contingent on the main life cycle dimensions: firm size, generational stage, and board of directors’ engagement. The analyses of 284 Belgian family SMEs reveal that nonfamily leaders outperform family leaders in transforming entrepreneurial orientation into performance in larger firms, whereas family leaders outpace nonfamily leaders when the board has a strong engagement in serving the CEO.

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