Family firms as incubators for ethical behavior: An exploratory study from the perspective of stewardship theory

This work aims to determine whether family firms have differential characteristics that make them better incubators for ethical behavior from the perspective of stewardship theory. Results show that the psychological and situational factors that stewardship theory points to as determinants in the co...

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Autores: Vallejo-Martos, Manuel Carlos, Puentes-Poyatos, Raquel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Jaén
Repositorio:RUJA. Repositorio Institucional de la Producción Científica de la Universidad de Jaén
OAI Identifier:oai:ruja.ujaen.es:10953/4554
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2014.55
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-management-and-organization/article/abs/family-firms-as-incubators-for-ethical-behavior-an-exploratory-study-from-the-perspective-of-stewardship-theory/0BD874B414AB3296EF3F95C66552828E
https://hdl.handle.net/10953/4554
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ethical behavior
stewardship
family firm
non-family employees
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Sumario:This work aims to determine whether family firms have differential characteristics that make them better incubators for ethical behavior from the perspective of stewardship theory. Results show that the psychological and situational factors that stewardship theory points to as determinants in the construction of principal–steward relationships are more evident in family firms than in non-family firms. These factors result in the behavior of owners and non-family employees becoming more ethical – with all the benefits this implies for these firms.